Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton

1769–1856 (age 87)

Biography

Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (1769–1856), combined his naval career with peerage responsibilities, holding commands that reflected his family's long service to the crown.

He balanced life at sea with attentive care for his Wollaton estate and when he died he was laid to rest at St. Leonard's Church, Wollaton, where memorials note the contributions of his generation to naval tradition.