Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet (1676–1758) of

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, Derbyshire was an English

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politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century. Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston, and his wife Sarah Penn, daughter of William Penn of Penn,

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/ref> Curzon was elected as

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for

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in 1713, but lost the seat in 1715. He was then elected for

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in 1722. When his elder unmarried brother

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died in 1727, he inherited the baronetcy and Kedleston Hall. In the 1727 general election he retained his brother's parliamentary seat for

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, which he held until 1754. Curzon married Mary Assheton, daughter of

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. On his death in 1758, his elder son, Nathaniel Curzon, succeeded to the baronetcy and was later made 1st Baron Scarsdale in 1761. His second son, Assheton Curzon, was made 1st Baron Curzon in 1794 and later 1st Viscount Curzon in 1802.

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