Musgrave baronets of Hartley Castle (1611)

Arms of Musgrave of Musgrave, Hartley and Edenhall in Cumberland: Azure, six annulets three, two, one, or.[1]

The Musgrave baronetcy, of Hartley Castle in the County of Westmorland, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for Richard Musgrave, Member of Parliament for Westmorland.[2]

The 2nd Baronet represented Westmorland in the House of Commons, from 1640 to 1643, and 1661 to 1678. He served as a Royalist in the Civil War. He was offered a peerage as Baron Musgrave after the Restoration, but did not take up the patent.[3][4]

The 4th Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Carlisle, Westmorland, Appleby, Oxford University and Totnes.[5] The 5th Baronet represented Carlisle and Cumberland in Parliament;[6] while the 6th Baronet represented Westmorland from 1741 to 1747.[7] The 8th Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Petersfield and Carlisle;[8] and the 11th Baronet sat for Cumberland East and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland.[3]

Musgrave baronets, of Hartley Castle (1611)

The heir presumptive and sole heir to the title is the present holder's only brother Julian Nigel Chardin Musgrave (born 1951).[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Jefferson, Samuel (1840). The History and Antiquities of Leath Ward: In the County of Cumberland: with Biographical Notices and Memoirs. S. Jefferson. p. 411.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cokayne, George Edward (1900). Complete Baronetage. Vol. I. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 31–33.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage (99th ed.). London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. and Shaw Publishing. 1949. pp. 1459–1460.
  4. 1 2 Naylor, Leonard. "Musgrave, Sir Philip, 2nd Bt. (1607-78), of Hartley, Westmld. and Edenhall, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. 1 2 Cruickshanks, Eveline. "Musgrave, Christopher (c.1631-1704), of Carlisle Castle, Cumb. and Newport Street, St. Martin's Lane, Westminster. History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. 1 2 Cruickshanks, Eveline; Harrison, Richard. "Musgrave, Sir Christopher, 5th Bt. (1688-1736), of Edenhall, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  7. 1 2 Sedgwick, Romney R. "Musgrave, Sir Philip, 6th Bt. (?1712-95), of Edenhall, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  8. 1 2 Spencer, Howard; Salmon, Philip. "Musgrsve, Sir Philip Christopher, 8th bt. (1794-1827), of Edenhall, Cumb., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  9. 1 2 Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. London: Debrett's Peerage. 2000. p. B747. ISBN 033354577X.
  10. ↑ "Musgrave, Sir Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ↑ Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Musgrave (E) 1611, of Hartley Castle, Westmorland". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 2 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 5150–5151. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.