Sir Richard Musgrave (1524–1555) was an English politician. He was the only son of Sir William Musgrave of Hartley and

Edenhall Edenhall is a clustered village in the south-west of the civil parish of Langwathby, 800m to the north in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Edenhall has a church called St Cuthbert's Church. The name Edenhall originates f ...

and his wife Jane, a daughter of Sir Thomas Curwen. He succeeded to the family estates in 1544. He was knighted by August 1552. He was Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from 1547 to his death and was appointed

High Sheriff of Cumberland The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...

for 1554–55. He was Captain of Carlisle Castle, Cumberland in November 1552 and from December 1553 to February 1554. He was elected a

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(MP) of the

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for Cumberland in 1547 and March 1553. He married Anne or Agnes Wharton, the daughter of

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton Sir Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (1495 – 23 August 1568) was an English nobleman and a follower of King Henry VIII of England. He is best known for his victory at Solway Moss on 24 November 1542 for which he was given a barony. Early lif ...

. Their children included: * Thomas Musgrave, who died aged 13 in 1565 * Eleanor Musgrave (1546-1623), who married the diplomat Robert Bowes Richard Musgrave died at Edenhall in 1555. He was succeeded in his estates by his uncle,

Simon Musgrave Simon Musgrave of Hartley and Edenhall (died 1597) was an English landowner, High Sheriff of Cumberland, and Member of Parliament for Cumberland in 1572. He was a younger son of Edward Musgrave of Hartley and his wife Joan, a daughter of Sir Chr ...

. His widow married Humphrey Musgrave of Hayton Castle in

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...

.Joseph Nicolson & Richard Burn, ''History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland'', vol. 1 (London, 1777), p. 595.

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1524 births 1555 deaths English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) High Sheriffs of Cumberland

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

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