Baron Willoughby de Eresby

Baron Willoughby de Eresby (/ˈwɪləbi ˈdɪərzbi/ WIL-ə-bee DEERZ-bee)[3] is a title in the Peerage of England.

His great-grandson, the fourth Earl and seventeenth Baron, was created Marquess of Lindsey in 1706 and Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven in 1715.

On the death of Peter's only son Albyric, the Barony of Gwydyr was passed on to a cousin, while the Barony of Willoughby de Eresby fell into abeyance between his sisters Clementina Drummond-Willoughby, wife of Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland and Charlotte, wife of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington.

Upon the death of the fourth Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, it was divided between his sisters Priscilla and Georgiana (who was later Marchioness of Cholmondeley).

Thereafter, the barony of Willoughby de Eresby has been associated with the senior share of the Lord Great Chamberlainship.

Arms of Willoughby, adopted by the 3rd Baron Willoughby de Eresby upon his marriage ( c. 1349) to Cecily Ufford: Quarterly 1 & 4: Sable, a cross engrailed or ( Ufford ); 2 & 3: Gules, a cross moline argent (Bec of Eresby)
Katherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
The Ancient Arms of Willoughby (bef. 1300 – c. 1349)
Priscilla Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761–1828), portrait miniature by Sampson Towgood Roch
Arms of Bertie: Argent, three battering rams fesswise in pale or headed armed and garnished azure [ 5 ] (family of Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1761–1828))