Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet

Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet
Monument to Sir John Curzon, All Saints Church, Kedleston
Member of Parliament
for Derbyshire
In office
1640 – 1648 (excluded by Pride's Purge)
High Sheriff of Derbyshire
In office
1637–1638
Member of Parliament
for Brackley
In office
1628–1629
Personal details
Born13 November 1598
Kedleston Hall
Died13 December 1686(1686-12-13) (aged 88)
Kedleston Hall
Resting placeAll Saints Church, Kedleston
NationalityEnglish
Political partyParliamentarian
SpousePatience Crewe (1623–1642)
ChildrenNathaniel
ResidenceKedleston Hall
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationLandowner and politician

Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (13 November 1598 – 13 December 1686) of Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire was an English politician and landowner who served as an Member of Parliament from 1628 to 1629, then 1640 to 1648. A devout Presbyterian, he supported the Parliamentarian cause during the First English Civil War, but was excluded by Pride's Purge in 1648.[1]