Willoughby

The last name Willoughby has an interesting history in Europe dating back to the middle ages. Willoughby is a English occupational last name of old Dutch origins. The earliest presence of the surname was found in 1028 from the county of Cambridgeshire in England. During the time of the British Empire the surname spread with the colonies to areas of America, Asia, India and Australia.
The county of Cornwall in England currently holds the largest density of people with the surname Willoughby. If history is to be believed the early 19th century Willoughby's liked a drink or two. Never too far from controversy a pair of brothers James Willoughby and Chris Willoughby were sent to jail in 1855 for stealing a necklace.

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Previous families of Willoughby's have been considered a kind bunch. Due to the families historscope being aligned with Mercury, the planet of confinement, The Willoughbys can often be elusive and conscientious. They take up new activities reguarly but lack focus, constantly needing new interests. Flitting from interest to interest as apparently purposelessly as a butterfly dancing from flower to flower. 111

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