Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale
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Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726 – 5 December 1804) of
Early life
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Curzon was the son of
His paternal grandparents were Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston, and his wife Sarah Penn (daughter of William Penn of Penn,
Career
Curzon was elected in 1747 as
Curzon had started work on the development of Kedleston Hall before he inherited, having employed the landscape gardener William Emes to replace the formal water features with natural lakes. In 1759 he commissioned the rebuilding of the house, designed in the Palladian style by the architects James Paine and Matthew Brettingham. Robert Adam was designing some garden temples to enhance the landscape of the park at the time and Curzon was so impressed with Adam's designs that Adam was quickly put in charge of the construction of the new mansion.
Kedleston Hall
Curzon intended Kedleston Hall, located 4 miles north-west of
The Hall is now open to the public, as one of the properties owned by the
Personal life
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In 1751, Curzon married Lady Carolina Colyear (c. 1733–1812), the eldest daughter of Charles, Earl of Portmore and Juliana Osborne, Duchess of Leeds (widow of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds).[2] Together, they were the parents of five sons and two daughters, including:[1]
- Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1752–1837), who married Hon. Sophia-Susanna Noel, daughter of Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth, in 1777. After her death in 1782, he married Felicite Anne Josephe de Wattines in 1798.[2]
- Hon. Charles William Curzon, an Army officer (1758–1804)[2]
- Hon. John Curzon, a Naval officer (1759–1794)[2]
- Hon. David Francis Curzon (1761–1832), a Reverend.[2]
- Hon. Henry Curzon (1765–1846), an Admiral in the Royal Navy who held commands during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars; he died unmarried.[5]
- Hon. Caroline Curzon (d. 1841), who died unmarried.[1]
- Hon. Juliana Curzon (d. 1835), who died unmarried.[1]
Lord Scarsdale died in 1804. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Nathaniel, who became the 2nd Lord Scarsdale.[1]
References
- ^ U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3539.
- ^ a b c d e f g Collins, Arthur (1812). Peerage of England. ... F. C. and J. Rivington. p. 297. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph II, 2nd Bt. (1652–1716), of Middleton, nr. Manchester, Lancs. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ^ a b "National Trust | Kedleston Hall | Collection highlights". Archived from the original on 5 June 2008.
- ^ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
