Baron Willoughby of Parham

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Baron Willoughby of Parham was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of England .

Award and history of the title

The title was created on February 20, 1547 for Sir William Willoughby , a Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire and great-grandson of William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . The barony was conferred by letters patent , so that the title could only be inherited in male descendants.

With the childless death of the 10th baron on December 9, 1679, the title de iure fell to his cousin as the 11th baron and after him to his son as the 12th baron, however, this de facto did not use it. Only the son of the latter applied to the House of Lords for confirmation as 13th baron in 1733, initially unsuccessfully and again in 1765, and finally obtained this in 1767.

The title expired on October 29, 1779 when his nephew, the 14th Baron, died unmarried and childless.

The family seat of the barons was Parham Hall near Framlingham in Suffolk until the end of the 17th century , to which the addition of Parham refers.

List of Barons Willoughby of Parham (1547)

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