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John Willoughby is a fictional character in Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility. He is described as being a handsome young man with a small estate, but has expectations of inheriting his aunt's large estate. He is in love with Marianne Dashwood, who is also a character in the novel. John Willoughby by Chris Hammond, 1899
Country gentleman Henry Dashwood dies, unable to pass on the estate where he lived with his second wife and their three daughters. Norland Park is entailed to be inherited through the male line to John Dashwood, Henry's son by his first marriage, and thence to Harry Dashwood, the four-year-old son of John.
Elizabeth Cheney (1424–c. 1492), eldest daughter, wife of Sir John Coleshill, of Duloe, Cornwall, MP for Cornwall in 1453–1454 and Sheriff of Cornwall in 1466/7. [15] Anne Cheney (born 1428), younger daughter and heiress of Brook, who married Sir John Willoughby (died 1471), who was knighted at the Battle of Tewkesbury. [16]
Born about 1421, he was the son of John Willoughby (about 1400–1437), a landowner in Lincolnshire, and his wife Joan Welby, [1] [2] daughter of John Welby. [citation needed] His paternal grandfather was Sir Thomas Willoughby (died 1417), who married his step-sister Elizabeth Neville, the daughter of John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville.
John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville, KG (c.1337 – 17 October 1388) was an English peer, naval commander, and soldier. [ a ] [ 1 ] His second wife was Elizabeth Latimer (later Elizabeth Willoughby ) who was the 5th Baroness Latimer in her own right.
Marianne treats her acquaintances in general with inattention and sometimes, contempt, recoiling from vulgarity, even when it is accompanied by good nature (such as with Mrs. Jennings), treating her selfish half-brother and his snobbish wife with disgust, ignoring the grave Colonel Brandon because of his age and a former love, and making no ...
The bulk of his estate, Norland Park, is left to his son, John, from a previous marriage. John and his greedy, snobbish wife Fanny immediately install themselves in the large house; Fanny invites her brother, Edward Ferrars, to stay with them. She frets about the budding friendship between Edward and Elinor, believing he can do better, and does ...
When Henry Dashwood dies, he leaves his entire fortune and his home, Norland Park, to his son John. John promises that he will provide for his stepmother Mary Dashwood, and half-sisters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. However, John's wife Fanny convinces him to make much smaller provision than he had originally intended.