Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1607 – 7 February 1678) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the

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army in the

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Biography

Musgrave was the son of Sir Richard Musgrave, who was MP for Westmorland, and his wife Frances Wharton, daughter of Philip Lord Wharton. The

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had been settled at Musgrave in Westmorland for many centuries. He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1615. John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire Vol 2''"> John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire Vol 2''
/ref> In April 1640, Musgrave was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was re-elected for Westmorland in November 1640 for the

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. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in March 1643. Musgrave was Governor of Carlisle and fought for the King at the

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and the

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. He was appointed the

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by the

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during the Manx Rebellion of 1651. After the Restoration, Musgrave was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland from 1660 until his death and was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1661 for the

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and sat until his death in 1678. He was offered a peerage as Baron Musgrave, of Hartley Castle in the County of Westmorland, but did not take up the patent. Musgrave died at Eden Hall at the age of 70. Musgrave married Julia Hutton, daughter of Sir Richard Hutton of

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, Yorkshire. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son

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