Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Willoughby, 9th Baron Willoughby of Parham


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The result was KEEP. postdlf (talk) 02:00, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

John Willoughby, 9th Baron Willoughby of Parham

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An inherited title does not make someone notable. No own achievements. Night of the Big Wind (talk) 20:01, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
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I do understand the significance of aristocracy. But I don't think that a single aristocrat is automatically significant and notable. He/she should have achieved something significant on his/het own merits 01:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC) --PL.-Snr (talk) 01:43, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Now-centric nomination, that would have been laughed out of court by 17th century wikipedians. He was a member of the legislature of what was probably at the time the second most powerful state on the planet. Alex Middleton (talk) 23:30, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately it is now the 21st centrury. And he was only a few months a baron... Night of the Big Wind (talk) 01:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep On the same grounds as for the 8th baron. --AJHingston (talk) 23:41, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep Being a member of the House of Lords, a national governing institution, is a notable achievement, even if achieved only as an accident of birth. Mellie107 (talk) 00:03, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't agree with you. Night of the Big Wind (talk) 01:30, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep as above. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:59, 14 June 2011 (UTC).
 * Keep. Members of national legislatures are notable. -LtNOWIS (talk) 20:37, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
 * 'Keep The details of each Baron come forward over time, the article is a stub that can be expanded. The Barons Willoughby of Parham were powerful, there were 17 of them and they played a role in both national and local history.
 * Keep. Member of a national legislature. Meets WP:POLITICIAN. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:31, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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