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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.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 1ST BARON SCARSDALE, second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart., MP, and Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Assheton, Bart., MP; b. 23 Dec 1726; adm. (aged 13) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Feb 1744/5; DCL 14 Apr 1749; Grand Tour; MP Clitheroe 2 Feb 1748-54, Derbyshire 1754-61; succeeded father as 5th baronet 18 Nov 1758; created Baron Scarsdale 9 Apr 1761; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords; m. 27 Oct 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear, eldest dau. of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (S) KT; d. 5 Dec 1804. DNB Missing Persons.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 2ND BARON SCARSDALE, eldest son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 27 Sep 1751; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jan 1768; MA 1771; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 19 Jul 1771; MP Derbyshire 4 Feb 1775-84; succ. father as 2nd Baron Scarsdale 5 Dec 1804; m. 1st, 11 Aug 1777 Hon. Sophia Susanna Noel, third dau. of Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1798 Felicité Anne Josèphe de Wattines, Peruwels, Cambrai; d, 27 Jan 1837.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 3RD BARON SCARSDALE, eldest son of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (qv), and his first wife; b. 3 Jan 1781; adm. 1 Aug 1791 (Clapham); in school lists 1795-7; left 1797; succ. father as 3rd Baron Scarsdale 27 Jan 1837; d. unm. 12 Nov 1856.

CURZON, HON. PENN ASSHETON, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Jan 1757; adm. 12 Sep 1768; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774; MP Leominster 1784-90, Clitheroe 1790- Feb 1792, Leicestershire from 27 Feb 1792; Lieut. -Col., Staffordshire Militia 12 Mar 1781; m. 31 Jul 1787 Sophia Charlotte Howe, Baroness Howe, eldest dau. of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (qv); d. 3 Sep 1797.

CURZON, HON. ROBERT, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his second wife; b. 13 Feb 1774; adm.; left Bartholomewtide 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1792; BA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1791; MP Clitheroe 1796-1831; DL JP Sussex, High Sheriff 1834; JP Staffordshire; m. 14 Oct 1808 Harriet Anne, Baroness Zouche, elder dau. of Cecil Bisshop, 12th Baron Zouche; d. 14 May 1863.