Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1607 - 7 February 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England

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 from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the Royalist army in the Civil War

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Musgrave was the son of Richard Musgrave, who was MP for Westmorland, and his wife Frances Wharton, daughter of Philip Lord Wharton. The Musgrave family had been settled at Musgrave in Westmorland for many centuries. He inherited the baronetcy

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 on the death of his father in 1615.

In April 1640, Musgrave was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Westmorland

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 in the Short Parliament

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

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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 Battle of Marston Moor

Battle of Marston Moor

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 and the Battle of Worcester

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After the Restoration, Musgrave was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

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