Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (13 November 1598 – 13 December 1686), of

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, was an English politician and landowner who served as a Member of Parliament from 1628 to 1629, then 1640 to 1648. A devout

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, he supported the Parliamentarian cause during the

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, but was excluded by

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in 1648.

Personal details

John Curzon was born 13 November 1598, eldest son of John Curzon (1552–1632) of

, who was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1609, and Millicent Sacheveral (1571–1618), daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel of Staunton, and widow of Thomas Gell (1552–1594) of Hopton, Derbyshire.Arthur Collins ''Peerage of England.'' Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812
/ref> In 1623 he married Patience Crewe (1600–1642), daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene,

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; they had four sons and three daughters.

Career

Curzon graduated from

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, in 1618, aged 18, then attended the

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in 1620. In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years."Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts"
Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 338–365. Date accessed: 2 June 2012. He inherited the Kedleston estate on his father's death in 1632. Curzon 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 MP for

in the

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and in November 1640 re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the

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, sitting until he was excluded under

in 1648. Curzon died in 1686 and was buried at All Saints Church, Kedleston. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest surviving son Nathaniel (1636–1719).

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findagrave.com burial record
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