John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet 1799-1866

On 8th July 1776 [his father] Christopher Willoughby 1st Baronet [aged 27] and Juliana Burvill [aged 21] were married.

On 29th January 1789 [his father] Christopher Willoughby 1st Baronet [aged 40] and [his mother] Martha Evans Lady Willoughby [aged 21] were married.

On 21st April 1799 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet was born to Christopher Willoughby 1st Baronet [aged 50] and Martha Evans Lady Willoughby [aged 31].

On 5th February 1806 [his father] Christopher Willoughby 1st Baronet [aged 57] died. His son [his brother] Christopher [aged 13] succeeded 2nd Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.

Around 1830 [his daughter] Mary Sophia Willoughby was born to John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 30]. She married 3rd September 1846 Arthur Rivers Malet, son of Charles Warre Malet 1st Baronet and Susanna Wales Lady Malet.

On 3rd May 1831 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 32] was elected MP Yarmouth Isle of Wight which seat he held until 1832.

On 12th December 1832 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 33] was elected MP Newcastle under Lyme which seat he held until 5th January 1835.

On 3rd September 1846 [his son-in-law] Arthur Rivers Malet [aged 39] and [his daughter] Mary Sophia Willoughby [aged 16] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.

On 29th July 1847 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 48] was elected MP Evesham which seat he held until 7th July 1852.

In 1848 [his mother] Martha Evans Lady Willoughby [aged 80] died.

Around 1853 [his daughter] Mary Sophia Willoughby [aged 23] died.

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On 20th February 1859 [his son] John Christopher Willoughby 5th Baronet was born to John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 59].

On 23rd March 1865 Henry Pollard Willoughby 3rd Baronet [aged 68] died unmarried. His brother John [aged 65] succeeded 4th Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.

On 15th September 1866 John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet [aged 67] died. His son John [aged 7] succeeded 5th Baronet Willoughby of Baldon House in Oxfordshire.

[his daughter] Maria Gertrude Willoughby was born to John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet. She married 12th March 1901 William Horsley-Beresford 4th Baron Decies, son of William Horsley-Beresford 3rd Baron Decies and Catherine Anne Dent Baroness Decies.

Ancestors of John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet 1799-1866

John Pollard Willoughby 4th Baronet

mother: Martha Evans Lady Willoughby