Sir Hugh Willoughby was an English soldier and an early Arctic voyager. He served in the court of Henry VIII and fought in the Scottish campaign where he was knighted for his valour. In 1553, he was selected by a company of London merchants to lead a fleet of three vessels in search of a Northeast Passage.
- Occupation
- explorer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1500
- Died
- 1554
