Famous People with Name Willoughby

Willoughby Hamilton            Origin/Culture/Country: Irish

Willoughby Hamilton: was an Irish male tennis player. He won the Wimbledon Championships in 1890, becoming the first non-British player to win the tournament.

Willoughby Staples Brewster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Willoughby Staples Brewster: was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1914 as a Conservative member.In 1898, he married Belle Roberts after the death of his first wife. Brewster served on the town council and the public school board. He was also president of the Brantford Chamber of Commerce. Brewster ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1905. During his time in the assembly, he played an important role in the passing of the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Act.

James Arthur (Jim) Willoughby            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Arthur (Jim) Willoughby: is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1971-74), Boston Red Sox (1975-77) and Chicago White Sox (1978). He batted and threw right-handed.

Frederick George Willoughby            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Frederick George Willoughby: was a Scottish born English cricketer. Willoughby was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. Willoughby made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1885 against Derbyshire. Willoughby stood as an Umpire in 5 Minor Counties matches in 1905

Roland Willoughby            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Roland Willoughby: was a British Olympic fencer. He competed at two Olympic Games.

Charles James McNeil Willoughby            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles James McNeil Willoughby: was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Cookstown, Ontario and became a physician and surgeon by career. He was first elected at the Kamloops riding in the 1963 general election and served one term, the 26th Canadian Parliament. Willoughby did not seek re-election after this.

Wellington Bartley Willoughby            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wellington Bartley Willoughby: was a Canadian politician and lawyer. Willoughby served as leader of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party and leader of the opposition from 1912 to 1917 and was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the city of Moose Jaw. He resigned from the Saskatchewan legislature shortly after his re-election in the 1917 election in order to accept an appointment to the Canadian Senate by Sir Robert Borden. In 1929, the leader of the federal Conservative Party, Richard Bennett, appointed Willoughby to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. When Bennett became Prime Minister of Canada following the 1930 federal election, Willoughby became Government Leader in the Senate and a minister without portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet. Willougby died in office in 1932.