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Sir John Curzon

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Sir John Curzon

Birth
Death
13 Dec 1686 (aged 88)
Burial
Kedleston, Amber Valley Borough, Derbyshire, England GPS-Latitude: 52.9592958, Longitude: -1.536625
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1st Baronet, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War. He was the son of John Curzon of Kedleston Hall (High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1609), and his wife Millicent Sacheveral, daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel of Staunton, and widow of Thomas Gell of Hopton. He inherited the Kedleston estate on his father's death. He was created a Baronet, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 18 June 1636 and the Baronetage of England on 11 August 1641. He served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1637. In April 1640, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the Short Parliament. In November 1640 he was re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the Long Parliament and sat until Pride's Purge in 1648. He married Patience Crewe, daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire, and had four sons and three daughters.
1st Baronet, English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1648. He supported the parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War. He was the son of John Curzon of Kedleston Hall (High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1609), and his wife Millicent Sacheveral, daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel of Staunton, and widow of Thomas Gell of Hopton. He inherited the Kedleston estate on his father's death. He was created a Baronet, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 18 June 1636 and the Baronetage of England on 11 August 1641. He served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1637. In April 1640, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in the Short Parliament. In November 1640 he was re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the Long Parliament and sat until Pride's Purge in 1648. He married Patience Crewe, daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire, and had four sons and three daughters.


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  • Created by: julia&keld
  • Added: May 31, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70663877/john-curzon: accessed ), memorial page for Sir John Curzon (13 Nov 1598–13 Dec 1686), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70663877, citing All Saints Churchyard, Kedleston, Amber Valley Borough, Derbyshire, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).