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Baron Willoughby de Broke is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1491 for Sir Robert Willoughby, of the manor of Broke , part of Westbury , Wiltshire , who according to modern doctrine was de jure 9th Baron Latimer .
On 19 November 2009, Willoughby de Broke introduced the Constitutional Reform Bill 2009-10 into the House of Lords, with clauses to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and the Human Rights Act 1998, to reduce the powers of the House of Commons and government, to reduce MPs' pay, and to give more power to local authorities.
Born about 1452 at Brook, then written "Broke", in the parish of Westbury in Wiltshire, he was the son of Sir John Willoughby (1421-1477).His mother was Anne Cheyne, second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edmund Cheyne (1401–1430) of Brook, by his wife Alice Stafford, only daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Humphrey Stafford (c.1379–1442) "With the Silver Hand", [3] of Hooke, Dorset, and ...
Lord Willoughby de Broke, about 1910 "An MFH with a sense of humour". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1905. Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (29 March 1869 – 16 December 1923) was a British peer and conservative politician.
Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke, Master of the Warwickshire Foxhounds from 1876 "The Warwickshire". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1896.. Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 26th Baron Latimer (14 May 1844 – 19 December 1902) of Compton Verney in Warwickshire, was a British peer.
Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke and de jure 10th Baron Latimer, KB (1472 – 10 November 1521) was an English nobleman and soldier. Robert Willoughby was born about 1470–1472 (aged 30 in 1502, 36 in 1506), the son of Sir Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke (c. 1452–1502) and Blanche Champernowne.
On 4 October 1933 Lord Willoughby de Broke married Rachel Wrey, daughter of Sir (Robert) Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 11th Baronet (1855-1917) of Tawstock in Devon and Lutterworth in Leicestershire. They had two children: David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke (born 1938) The Honourable Susan Geraldine Verney (born 1942).
John Peyto-Verney was born John Verney on 5 August 1738, the son of Sir John Verney, KC (1699–1741) and Abigail Harley, inheriting the title 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke and 22nd Baron Latimer on the death of his uncle Richard Verney, 13th Baron Willoughby de Broke in 1752.