Anthony Babington (Nottingham MP)

Sir Anthony Babington (1476 – 23 August 1536), was an English politician.

He was educated at the Inner Temple and was appointed Recorder of Nottingham in 1525.

[1] He was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests from 1533 to 1534.

He was responsible for the addition of the tower of St John the Baptist's Church, Dethick between 1530 and 1532.

[3] The children from this marriage were Secondly, Catherine Cotton, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, Staffs., widow of Thomas Cotton of Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire.