Sir Francis Willoughby

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Sir Francis Willoughby was a 16th-century English industrialist and landowner known for his coal-mining wealth and for commissioning the grand Elizabethan mansion Wollaton Hall near Nottingham.

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Sir Francis Willoughby canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century person ⓘ
English landowner ⓘ
coal mine owner ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
activity development of coal mining ⓘ
investment in industrial enterprises ⓘ
architectOfCommissionedWork Robert Smythson ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfCommissionedWork Elizabethan ⓘ
associatedWith Nottingham ⓘ
Wollaton Hall deer park ⓘ
linked to: Wollaton Park
child Bridget Willoughby ⓘ
Percival Willoughby ⓘ
commissioned Wollaton Hall ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
educatedAt Inner Temple ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
familyName Willoughby ⓘ
knownFor coal-mining wealth ⓘ
commissioning Wollaton Hall ⓘ
legacy Wollaton Hall as a major Elizabethan country house ⓘ
linked to: Wollaton Hall

early industrial development in Nottinghamshire ⓘ
memberOf English gentry ⓘ
nobleTitle knight ⓘ
notableEstate Wollaton estate ⓘ
linked to: Wollaton Park
notableWork Wollaton Hall ⓘ
occupation coal magnate ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
owned Wollaton estate ⓘ
linked to: Wollaton Park

coal mines in Nottinghamshire ⓘ
ironworks ⓘ
patronage architecture ⓘ
landscape design ⓘ
positionHeld High Sheriff of Derbyshire ⓘ
High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire ⓘ
High Sheriff of Staffordshire ⓘ
regionOfActivity Midlands ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
residence Nottinghamshire ⓘ
Wollaton, Nottinghamshire ⓘ
linked to: Wollaton Hall
socialClass gentry ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Littleton ⓘ
wealthSource coal mining ⓘ
land rents ⓘ

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Wollaton Hall → builtFor → Sir Francis Willoughby ⓘ