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Name
  
Sir Musgrave,

Role
  
Politician


Died
  
February 7, 1678, Penrith, United Kingdom

Parents
  
Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet

Children
  
Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet

Great grandchildren
  
Sir Christopher Musgrave, 5th Baronet

Grandchildren
  
Christopher Musgrave

Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (21 May 1607 – 7 February 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643 and from 1661 to 1678. He served in the Royalist army in the Civil War.

Biography

Musgrave was the son of Sir Richard Musgrave, who was MP for Westmorland, and his wife Frances Wharton, daughter of Philip Lord Wharton. The Musgrave family had been settled at Musgrave in Westmorland for many centuries. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1615.

In April 1640, Musgrave was elected Member of Parliament for Westmorland in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for Westmorland in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. He supported the King and was disabled from sitting in parliament in March 1643. Musgrave was governor of Carlisle and fought for the King at the Battle of Marston Moor and the Battle of Worcester.

After the Restoration, Musgrave was appointed Custos Rotulorum of Westmorland from 1660 until his death and was re-elected MP for Westmorland in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1678. He was offered a peerage as Baron Musgrave, of Hartley Castle in the County of Westmorland, but did not take up the patent.

Musgrave died at Eden Hall at the age of 70.

Musgrave married Julia Hutton, daughter of Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough Hall, Yorkshire. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Richard.

References

Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet Wikipedia


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