Major Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet, 5th Baronet of Baldon House, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards, formerly Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards and Royal Buckinghamshire Infantry Militia
Dates: 20 October 1859–1918
Biography
Sir John Christopher succeeded his father as 5th Baronet in 1866 at the age of seven. He held military appointments and was the final male-line bearer of the Baldon baronetcy, which became extinct on his death in 1918. The baronetage entry records no heir.
Notes / Sources
The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire, Baldon entry — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3AThe_Peerage%2C_Baronetage_and_Knightage_of_the_British_Empire_Part_2.djvu/697
Wikimedia Commons licensed armorial rendering — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Willoughby_of_Baldon_House.png
National Gallery of Art provenance record for the Baldon household — https://www.nga.gov/artworks/111-miss-juliana-willoughby
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Willoughby of Baldon
Father: Sir John Pollard Willoughby, 4th Baronet
Armorial Registry
Sir John Christopher Willoughby, 5th Baronet of Baldon House — final baronet and extinction of the branch
Branch: Baldon House, Oxfordshire; Fulmer Hall, Buckinghamshire
Issued / recorded: 1859
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