Assheton Curzon (1730 - 1820)

Born 2 Feb 1730 in London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Hanmer) Curzon — married 21 Feb 1756 in St George's, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London, England

Husband of Dorothy (Grosvenor) Curzon — married 6 Feb 1766 in St George Hanover Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1820 at age 90 in London, England

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Biography

Assheton Curzon was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Assheton, first Baron Curzon of Penn, first Viscount Curzon of Penn^[1] alias Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon of Penn, co Buckingham^[2]

Assheton was born on 2 February, 1729 [now 1730].^{[2] [3]} As he was baptised at St George's, Hanover Square, London, England,^[2] on 28 February the same year,^[4] he was probably born at London.

He was the third but second surviving son and youngest child of Sir Nathaniel Curzon Bart of Kedleston, Derbyshire,^[3] and his wife, Mary Assheton.^[2] Mary was a daughter and coheir of Sir Ralph Assheton of Middleton, Lancashire, baronet, and his first wife, Mary Vavasour.^[2]

Assheton attended Brasenose College, Oxford, matriculating on 6 February, 1746/7, and was created a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) on 2 July, 1754.^[2]

In 1756, he inherited Penn Manor, Buckinghamshire, from his grandmother, Sarah Penn. His father died on 16 November, 1758, and was succeeded by Assheton's eldest surviving brother, Nathaniel, later Baron Scarsdale.^[2] Nathaniel inherited Kedleston, Derbyshire.^[3] When his mother died, Assheton was executor of her will which proved 3 May, 1776.^[2]

Assheton married three times, to:

1. Esther Hanmer, daughter and heir of William Hanmer, Esq, of Iscoyd, Flintshire and his wife Elizabeth Jennens of Gopsal, Leicestershire,^[3] on 21 February, 1756, at St George's, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London; Esther died on 21 July, 1764, and was buried at Penn on 4 August;^[2] Assheton and Esther were the parents of:
   1. Honourable Penn Assheton Curzon,^[3] MP, eldest son, born 31 January, 1757, died 1 September, 1797, married on 31 July, 1787, by special licence at Porter's Lodge, co Hertford, the seat of Lord Howe, Sophia Charlotte, Baroness Howe, oldest daughter and coheir of Admiral Richard, Earl Howe, KG, and his wife Mary, the daughter of Chiverton Hartopp;^[1]
   2. Esther Curzon, who was married to Sir George Bromley, Bart, of Stoke Hall, Nottinhamshire;^[3] and
   3. Mary Curzon, who was married to Bilson Legge Baron Stawell.^[3]
2. Dorothy Grosvenor, daughter of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart, of Eaton Hall, Cheshire,^[3] and sister of Richard 1st Earl Grosvenor, on 6 February, 1766, at St George's Hanover Square, London; Dorothy died on 25 February, 1774 and was buried at Penn;^[2] Assheton and Dorothy were the parents of:
   1. Elizabeth Curzon;^[3]
   2. Assheton Curzon;^[3]
   3. Charlotte Curzon, who was married to Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq, of Merevale, Warwickshire;^[3]
   4. Robert Curzon, married to Harriet Ann, eldest daughter of Cecil Bisshopp Baron de la Zouche of Parham, Sussex;^[3] and
   5. several other children who died young.^[3]
3. Anna Margaretta Meredith, daughter of Amos Meredith and sister of Sir William Meredith, baronet, and relict of Barlow Tregothick, Esq, Alderman of London, on 17 April, 1777, at St George's Hanover Square; Anna died on 13 June, 1804;^[2] their marriage was childless.^[3]

Through his first marriage to Esther daughter of William Hanmer, esq, of Iscoyd, Flintshire, (of The Fenn, in Hanmer, Flintshire^[2]) the Curzon family gained the estate of Brewer's Hall, anciently called Bruereshalgh, in the city of Chester, Cheshire.^[5]

Assheton's eldest son, Penn predeceased his father, dying aged 40, at Penn, co Buckingham, on 1 September, 1797, at his father's house.^[1] Penn's oldest son George Augustus William Curzon, born 4 February, 1788, also predeceased his grandfather, dying at his mother's house at Twickenham on 6 January, 1805.^[1]

His father and elder brother, Sir Nathaniel, were elected to represent Clitheroe in Parliament, and following in their footsteps, Assheton represented Clitheroe from 18 April, 1754 to 1 September, 1780, and 28 February, 1792.^[2]

On 13 August, 1794, he was created Baron Curzon of Penn.^[2]

On 27 February, 1802, he was created Viscount Curzon of Penn.^[2]

Assheton Curzon, Viscount Curzon of Penn, died on 21 March, 1820,^[3] at Lower Brook Street, London, aged 91.^[2] He was interred at Penn,^[2] where his hatchment is on the south wall of the south aisle of Holy Trinity Penn Church and where his surviving children erected a monument to him by Sir Francis Chantrey, deemed to have been the greatest English sculptor of his generation.^[3] His will dated 24 June, 1809, with its two codicils dated 7 March, 1812 and 2 February, 1818, proved 8 April, 1820, by the Hon. Robert Curzon, sole executor.^[2] He was succeeded by his son Penn's third son, [[Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, Earl Howe, PC, GCH.^[1]

The inscription on his monument in Holy Trinity Penn Church reads:^[3]

Obituary "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-6XNP : 17 April 2019), Ashton Curzon, Lord Viscount, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 27 Mar 1820, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Frederick Arthur Crisp, ed., "Howe," Visitation of England and Wales Vol. 18 (London: By the editor, 1914), 132. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/visitationofengl18howa/page/132/mode/1up : accessed 7 March, 2023).
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17} Frederick Arthur Crisp, ed., Visitation of England and Wales. Notes Vol. 5, (London: By the editor, 1903), 97-98. e-Book Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/visitationengla00unkngoog/page/n124/mode/1up : accessed 7 February, 2023).
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16} Miles Green, "Holy Trinity Penn Church: Monuments and Memorials: Viscount Curzon 1729 (old style)-1820," Penn Parish Newsletter, No.2, February, 2008, History, Monuments and Memorials of Penn (https://www.pennchurch.uk/2-monuments/ : accessed 7 March, 2023).
4. ↑ Baptism - Name: Asheton Curzon Baptism Age: 0 Record Type: Baptism Birth Date: Abt 1729 Baptism Date: 28 Feb 1729 Baptism Place: St George, Hanover Square, London, England Father: Sr Nathaniel Curzon Mother: Mary Curzon Ancestry.co.uk
5. ↑ George Ormerod, Esq, LLD, FRS & FSA, "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the county of the city of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian MSS, Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, 2nd Edition, Ed. Thomas Helsby, Esq, Vol. I, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), pp.373.

See also:

• History of Parliament Online entry for Assheton Curzon 1730-1820
• Wikidata: Item Q4808822
• Find A Grave: Memorial #31371100
• Wikipedia: Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon.