Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (1585 – 6 November 1615) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611. Musgrave was the son of Christopher Musgrave and his wife Joan Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen of Workington, Cumberland. He succeeded to the estates of Hartley and Edenhall, Cumberland on the death of his grandfather Sir

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 ...

in 1597. He was knighted on 25 July 1603 on the

coronation of James I The coronation of James I and his wife Anne as King and Queen of England was held on 25 July 1603 at Westminster Abbey. James had reigned as King James VI of Scotland since 1567. Anne was anointed and consecrated with prayers alluding to Esther, ...

. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

. He was created baronet on 29 July 1611.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> Musgrave died at Naples at the age of 30 and was buried in the cathedral there. Musgrave married Frances Wharton, daughter of

Philip Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton Philip Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton (1555–1625) was an English peer of the Wharton barony. Wharton was named after his godfather, Philip II of Spain. Life He inherited the title of Baron when he was 17 years old. In August 1594 he travelled w ...

at the age of 14.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musgrave, Richard, Sir, 1st Baronet 1585 births 1615 deaths English MPs 1604–1611 Baronets in the Baronetage of England People from Cumberland

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...