William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham in conventional numbering, governor and vice-admiral of Barbados and the Caribbee Islands, commissioner and local militia officer., 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham, Member of Parliament for Midhurst in the Convention Parliament, Commissioner for Plantations, Governor of Barbados, 1667–1673, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham from 1603, knighted by James I in 1603, commissioner at the Somerset trials in 1616., Governor and Captain-General of Barbados and the Caribbee Islands from 1667, vice-admiral of the same territories., Member of Parliament for Midhurst in 1660, keeper of Bestwood Park, deputy lieutenant of Hertfordshire, militia colonel, Captain-General and Governor of Barbados and the Caribbee Islands from 1667, Vice-Admiral of Barbados and associated territories., MP for Midhurst in 1660, commissioner connected with the trials of the Earl and Countess of Somerset in 1616.
Dates: 3 August 1615–10 April 1673
Biography
Younger brother and successor of Francis Willoughby. He inherited the barony in 1666 and secured appointment as governor of Barbados and the Caribbee Islands in 1667. He died while campaigning in the Caribbean in 1673.
Notes / Sources
History of Parliament, William Willoughby — https://dev.historyofparliamentonline.org/lord-biography/willoughby-william-1615-73
Dictionary of National Biography, Francis Willoughby — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Willoughby,_Francis
Cracroft's Peerage, Willoughby of Parham — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/willoughbyp1547.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Parham succession through the younger son of William, 3rd Baron
Father: William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Mother: Frances Manners, daughter of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
Spouse(s): Anne Carey, daughter of Sir Philip Carey
Children / next generation: George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham; John Willoughby, 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham; Charles Willoughby, 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham; Henry Willoughby, colonial military officer and governor of Antigua
Armorial Registry
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 3rd Baron and father of the Civil War generation
Branch: Parham and Knaith; senior male line
Issued / recorded: 1603
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 3rd Baron and father of the principal seventeenth-century succession
Branch: Senior Parham line through William Willoughby, eldest son of Charles, 2nd Baron
Issued / recorded: 1603
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 3rd Baron and senior male-line founder of the later baronial succession
Branch: Parham senior line descending from William, eldest son of Charles, 2nd Baron
Issued / recorded: 1603
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 6th Baron, Barbados governor and Knaith proprietor
Branch: Parham senior succession; Knaith Hall and Hunsdon estates
Issued / recorded: 1666
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 6th Baron, Barbados succession
Branch: Parham senior male succession; younger brother of Francis Willoughby
Issued / recorded: 1666
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, historically 6th Baron and Barbados governor
Branch: Parham and Knaith; younger-son succession within the senior line
Issued / recorded: 1666
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, younger son of the 3rd Baron, successor to Francis and father of the later Parham succession
Branch: Parham senior male line; third-son branch of William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Issued / recorded: 1666-07-23
Willoughby of Parham — William Willoughby, 6th Baron and younger-brother successor to Francis Willoughby
Branch: Parham senior male succession, descending from William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham
Issued / recorded: 1666-11
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