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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet

1535 – 1615

English politician, died 1615

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Lived 1535 – 1615 (aged 79–80). Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet was an English politician.

Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (1585 – 6 November 1615) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611.

Musgrave was the son of Christopher Musgrave and his wife Jane Curwen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen of Workington, Cumberland. He succeeded to the estates of Hartley and Edenhall, Cumberland on the death in 1597 of his grandfather Sir Simon Musgrave. He was knighted 25 July 1603 on the coronation of James I. In 1604, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Westmorland. He was created baronet on 29 July 1611.

Musgrave died at Naples at the age of 30 and was buried in the cathedral there.

Musgrave married Frances Wharton, daughter of Philip Wharton, 3rd Baron Wharton at the age of 14. They had one child: Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet of Eden Hall (1607-1678), who married Lady Juliana Hutton, daughter of Sir Richard Hutton.

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1535
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Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament
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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Bt.

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English politician, died 1615

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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet was born in 1535.

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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet died on 6 November 1615 in Naples.

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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet was a politician.

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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet was English.

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· Wikipedia: Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet

· Wikidata: Q7528630

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