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CURTYS, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54009-18, 54020).

Founded by the Reverend John Curwen in 1863 to print sheet music, this company functioned until 1984.

CURZON, ASSHETON, 1ST VISCOUNT CURZON, brother of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 2 Feb 1729/30; adm. Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1746/7; DCL 2 Jul 1754; MP Clitheroe 1754-80, 27 Feb 1792 - 13 Aug 1794; created Baron Curzon 13 Aug 1794 and Viscount Curzon 27 Feb 1802; DL Staffordshire 1796; m. 1st, 21 Feb 1756 Esther, dau. of William Hanmer, Hanmer, Flintshire; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1766, Dorothy, sister of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); m. 3rd, 17 Apr 1777 Anna Margaretta, widow of Barlow Trecothick MP, Alderman of London, and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 21 Mar 1820.

CURZON, HON. CHARLES WILLIAM, second son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 22 Mar 1758; adm. 23 Jan 1769; left Easter 1775; entered army as Ensign, 33rd Foot; Lieut., 9 Dec 1777; Capt., 11 Oct 1781; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 60th Foot 11 Oct 1782; half-pay 1783; d. unm. 31 Mar 1804.

CURZON, HON. DAVID FRANCIS, fourth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); bap 23 Aug 1761; adm. 22 Sep 1772; in school list Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1779; BA 1783; MA 1787; ordained; Rector of Kedleston, Derbs., from 20 Jul 1795, and of Mugginton, Derbs., from 8 Jul 1800; d. 21 Feb 1832.

CURZON, FERDINAND, fifth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (qv), and his second wife; b. 23 Feb 1797 (before father’s second marriage); at Repton Sch.; adm. 22 Sep 1810; left 1811; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. 1815; Ensign in the Army 16 Aug 1813; 69th Foot 18 Sep 1817; d. unm. at St Helier, Jersey 12 Jul 1832.

CURZON, FREDERICK EMMANUEL HIPPOLITUS, fourth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (qv), and his second wife; b. 5 Feb 1795 (before father’s second marriage); adm. Mich. 1810; left 1812; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1813; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner Feb 1819, matr. Lent 1819; MA 1820; ordained deacon 1820, priest 1821; Curate of Kedleston, Derbs.; Vicar of Mickleover, Derbs., from 10 Oct 1820; also Rector of Kedleston, Derbs., 1850-5; m. 13 Dec 1826 Augusta Marian, second dau. of Edward Miller Mundy, Shipley Hall, Notts.; d. 18 Dec 1871.

CURZON, HON. HENRY, fifth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 24 May 1765; adm. 30 May 1774; entered Royal Navy as A. B., HMS Aeolus 14 Oct 1776; Lieut., 1 Feb 1783; Commander, 21 Sep 1790; Capt., 22 Nov 1790; Rear-Adm., 31 Jul 1810; Vice-Adm., 4 Jun 1814; Adm., 22 Jul 1830; distinguished himself in command HMS Pallas during Cornwallis’s retreat 16-17 Jun 1795; assisted at embarkation of Sir John Moore’s troops at Corunna 1809; commanded squadron which blockaded Cherbourg 1810; d. 2 May 1846.

CURZON, HON. JOHN, third son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 27 Oct 1760; adm. 26 Sep 1770; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 10 Jan 1783; d. unm. 15 Oct 1794.