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Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet (1676–1758), of
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, Derbyshire, was an English
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politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century. Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet, of Kedleston, and his wife Sarah Penn, daughter of William Penn of Penn,
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/ref> Curzon was elected as Member of Parliament for
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in 1713, but lost the seat in 1715. He was then elected for
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in 1722. When his elder unmarried brother
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died in 1727, he inherited the baronetcy and Kedleston Hall. In the 1727 general election he retained his brother's parliamentary seat for
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, which he held until 1754. Curzon married Mary Assheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet, of Middleton,
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. On Curzon's death in 1758, his elder son,
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, succeeded to the baronetcy and was later made Baron Scarsdale in 1761. His second son, Assheton, was made Baron Curzon in 1794 and later Viscount Curzon in 1802.


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