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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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