Zachary Babington (born – 15 October 1745) was an English barrister who served as High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1713 and 1724.Babington, Curborough and Elmhurst, A History of the County of Stafford, M. W. Greenslade, Victoria County History, 1990
He was the son of John Babington (High Sheriff in 1702), and was named for his grandfather Dr. Zachary Babington, chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral. He was distantly related to Anthony Babington, who in 1586 was hung, drawn and quartered on Tower Hill for his participation in the Babington Plot to put Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne.Collections for a History of Staffordshire, William Salt Archaeological Society, 1885 But a nearer relation had been chaplain to King Charles I.The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire Made by Sir Richard St. George, Part II, The William Salt Archaeological Society, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1885
Babington attended University College, Oxford, matriculating at age 17 in 1707, and was a student at the Inner Temple in 1708.Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 1500-1714, Volume I: B.
Babington resided at Curborough Hall, Curborough, Staffordshire, and later at Whittington Old Hall, Whittington, Staffordshire.Whittington Old Hall, Whittington & District History SocietyBabington family in Whittington, Whittington & District History Society Zachary Babington's daughter Mary married Theophilus Levett, town clerk of Lichfield, Staffordshire. The Levett family inherited the Babington estates at CurboroughSampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood, A Survey of Staffordshire, John Nichols and Son, Westminster, 1820 and Packington.
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External links Babington of Curborough, Collections for a History of Staffordshire, William Salt Archaeological Society, 1885 Zachary Babington, Whittington & District History Society Babington and Curborough Hall, British History Online Settlement of Will of Zachary Babington Curborough, Staffordshire, GENUKI Babington Family Tree, Whittington & District History Society, Whittington, Staffordshire