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Francis Willughby (sometimes spelt Willoughby, Latin: Franciscus Willughbeius) [a] FRS (22 November 1635 – 3 July 1672) was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games. He was born and raised at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, the only son of an affluent country family.
Francis Willoughby was the younger son of Sir Henry Willoughby (slain 27 August 1549 during Kett's Rebellion) of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, and Anne Grey (d.1548), [1] the daughter of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, by Margaret Wotton.
Francis Willoughby was an early supporter of the Parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War but later became a Royalist. He twice served as governor of English colonies in the Caribbean . Francis Willoughby died without male heirs of his body and the title passed to his younger brother William Willoughby, 6th Lord Willoughby of Parham ...
Francis Willoughby may refer to: Francis Willoughby (1547–1596), industrialist and coalowner; Francis Willoughby (1613–1671), deputy governor of Massachusetts; Francis Willughby (1635–1672), English ornithologist and ichthyologist; Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton (1692–1758), Old Etonian; Francis Willoughby, 3rd Baron Middleton ...
The book was published in 1678 with the title The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick, Esq. [1] The 2018 biography's final chapters explicate Ray's efforts after 1672 to publish Willoughby's writings. The chapters thoroughly explore Willoughby's works and their ornithological significance — without ...
The Willoughby Baronetcy, of Wollaton in the County of Nottingham, had been created in the Baronetage of England in 1677, for the first baron’s elder brother Francis Willoughby, who at the time was aged only about nine, with special remainder to him, the first baronet’s only brother, and he duly succeeded him when his brother died at the ...
Francis Willoughby, 2nd Baron Middleton (4 October 1692 – 31 July 1758), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1727. He succeeded to a barony in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Coat of Arms of Francis Willoughby. Francis Willoughby (1613 – April 10, 1671) was the son of Colonel William Willoughby (1588-1631) of London, England.A merchant and shipwright, he immigrated to Charlestown, Massachusetts on August 22, 1638 and served as selectman (1640-1647), representative in 1649 and 1650, and was elected an assistant (representative in the colonial assembly) in 1650 ...