Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet
- Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet (1674–6 August 1727) was an English Tory politician who represented Derbyshire.
Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=HVY5AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=%22Sir+John+Curzon%22&source=web&ots=GT-pYSetio&sig=X6QlWo-5wETNEwCGgo44H3BDMs8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result Arthur Collins "Peerage of England." Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812] ]
Curzon was elected as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1701, and held the seat until his death in 1727.
Curzon was the first owner to exploit the landscape potential of Kedleston Park, and commissioned Charles Bridgeman in the 1720s to create formal water features. He died from a fall while out hunting. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his brother Nathaniel
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