Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet
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Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (c. 1599 – 13 December 1686) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England
from 1640 to 1648. He supported the parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War
Curzon was the son of John Curzon of Kedleston Hall
(High Sheriff of Derbyshire
1609),and his wife Millicent Sacheveral, daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel of Staunton, and widow of Thomas Gell of Hopton. He inherited the Kedleston estate on his father's death.
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 Member of Parliament
for Derbyshire
in the Short Parliament
. In November 1640 he was re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the Long Parliament
and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge
in 1648.
Curzon married Patience Crewe, daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire
, and had four sons and three daughters.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
from 1640 to 1648. He supported the parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
Curzon was the son of John Curzon of Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy...
(High Sheriff of Derbyshire
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1568.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...
1609),and his wife Millicent Sacheveral, daughter of Sir Ralph Sacheverel of Staunton, and widow of Thomas Gell of Hopton. He inherited the Kedleston estate on his father's death.
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
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
This is a list of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1568.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been...
in 1637. In April 1640, he was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Derbyshire
Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Derbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
in the Short Parliament
Short Parliament
The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....
. In November 1640 he was re-elected MP for Derbyshire for the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
and sat until he was excluded under Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
in 1648.
Curzon married Patience Crewe, daughter of Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, and had four sons and three daughters.