Background
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.
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John John Curzon
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Career
He supported the parliamentarian cause during the English Civil War
He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 12 June 1618, aged 18 and was a student of the Inner Temple in 1620. 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 Member of Parliament for Derbyshire for the Long Parliament and sat until he was excluded under Pride"s Purge in 1648.
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Short Parliament]
In 1628 he was elected Member of Parliament for Brackley and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
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December 13, 1686 (aged 87) -
Nationality
United Kingdom