About Christopher Willoughby
Lived 1508 – 1570 (aged 61–62). Christopher Willoughby was a politician.
Christopher Willoughby (by 1508 – 1570), of West Knoyle, Wiltshire, was an English politician.
Family Willoughby was the illegitimate son of Sir William Willoughby of Turners Puddle, Dorset, also an MP, son of John Willoughby and Anne Cheyne. He was probably educated at Lincoln's Inn. He married twice. Firstly he married a woman named Alice, the widow of one Bulstrode. At some point by 1547, he had married his second wife, Isabel née Wykes, a daughter of Nicholas Wykes of Dodington, Gloucestershire, widow of John Ringwood of Sherfield English, Hampshire, by whom he had four sons and four daughters.
Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Wilton in 1545 and for Wiltshire in November 1554.
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Who was Christopher Willoughby?
English politician; (1508-1570)
When was Christopher Willoughby born?
Christopher Willoughby was born in 1508.
When did Christopher Willoughby die?
Christopher Willoughby died in 1570.
What was Christopher Willoughby's occupation?
Christopher Willoughby was a politician.
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