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  Post commission dated Aug. 7, 1810.

Agents.– Messrs. Stillwell. 



Post commission dated Aug. 8, 1810.

Agents.– Messrs. Cooke, Halford, and Son. 

 It appears by the records of the College of Arms, that this officer is lineally descended from Edward Willoughby, of Cossall, in Nottinghamshire, Esq., who was the second son of Sir Percival Willoughby, Knt., by Bridget, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton, in the same county, Knt. and that the eldest son of the said Sir Percival (Sir Francis Willoughby, of Wollaton,) was the direct ancestor of the present Lord Middleton. It also appears, by the same records, that the before mentioned Edward Willoughby, of Cossall, was paternally descended from Sir Christopher Willoughby, Knt., summoned to Parliament as Baron Willoughby de Eresby, a lineal descendant and representative of William de Willoughby, lord of the manor of Willoughby in Lincolnshire, in the reign of King John; that he was maternally descended from Sir Richard Willoughby, Knt., Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the reign of Edward II.; and that his paternal and maternal ancestry intermarried with and were descended from several noble and illustrious families, distinguished in the history of this country. Among Sir Nisbet’s paternal ancestors, we find one fighting at the famous battle of Cressy; another bearing a part in the glorious achievement at Poictiers; and a third distinguishing himself under Henry V. at.

