Musgrave Baronets
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There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Musgrave, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations are extant as of 2008.

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
Member of Parliament
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 for Westmorland
Westmorland (UK Parliament constituency)
Westmorland was a constituency covering the county of Westmorland in the North of England, which returned Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The constituency had two separate periods of existence....

. He was the member of a family that had been settled at Musgrave in Westmorland for many centuries and of which an earlier member, Thomas Musgrave, was summoned to the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

 as Baron Musgrave
Baron Musgrave
The title of Baron Musgrave was created once in the Peerage of England. On 25 November 1350 Thomas Musgrave was summoned to parliament. On his death after 1382, the barony presumably became extinct.-Baron Musgrave :...

 in 1350 (see this title for more information). The second Baronet represented Westmorland in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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 and served with distinction as a Royalist in the Civil War
English Civil War
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. He was offered a peerage as Baron Musgrave, of Hartley Castle in the County of Westmorland, but did not take up the patent. The fourth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Carlisle
Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)
Carlisle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was a Labour seat from 1964 until 2010, although the Conservatives came close to victory in the elections in...

, Westmorland, Appleby
Appleby (UK Parliament constituency)
Appleby was a parliamentary constituency in the former county of Westmorland in England. It existed for two separate periods: from 1295 to 1832, and from 1885 to 1918....

, Oxford University
Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)
Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Electoral System:...

 and Totnes
Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Totnes is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....

. The fifth Baronet represented Carlisle and Cumberland
Cumberland (UK Parliament constituency)
Cumberland is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of...

 in Parliament while the sixth Baronet represented Westmorland. The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Petersfield
Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election....

 and Carlisle and the eleventh Baronet sat for Cumberland East and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Westmorland.

The family seat was Hartley Castle
Hartley Castle
-History:The manor was confiscated circa 1315 from Roger de Clifford and granted to Andrew de Harcla . The name Harcla is thought to be from the Old English for "hard ground" and may refer to the outcrop of land that the castle is built upon in the Eden valley.The existing manor house was fortified...

, Cumbria
Cumbria
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.

The Musgrave Baronetcy, of Hayton Castle in the County of Cumberland, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 October 1638 for Edward Musgrave. The third Baronet represented Cumberland in the House of Commons. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1875.

The Musgrave Baronetcy, of Tourin in the County of Waterford, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 December 1782 for Richard Musgrave, a member of the Irish House of Commons
Irish House of Commons
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, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brothers and the heirs male of the body. On his death in 1818 he was succeeded according to the special remainder by his younger brother Christopher Frederick, the second Baronet. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for County Waterford. The fourth Baronet served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Waterford.

The Musgrave Baronetcy, of Drumglass in the County of Antrim, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 March 1897 for the industrialist and philanthropist James Musgrave. The title became extinct on his death in 1904.

Musgrave Baronets, of Hartley Castle (1611)

  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (c. 1585-1615)
  • Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Philip Musgrave, 2nd Baronet 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....

     (1607-1678)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (d. 1687)
  • Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet (c. 1631-1704)
  • Sir Christopher Musgrave, 5th Baronet (1688-1736)
  • Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet
    Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet
    Sir Philip Musgrave, 6th Baronet was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Westmorland, from 1741 to 1747....

     (c. 1712-1795)
  • Sir John Chardin Musgrave, 7th Baronet (1757-1806)
  • Sir Philip Musgrave, 8th Baronet (1794-1827)
  • Sir Christopher John Musgrave, 9th Baronet (c. 1797-1834)
  • Sir George Musgrave, 10th Baronet (1799-1872)
  • Sir Richard Courtenay Musgrave, 11th Baronet
    Sir Richard Musgrave, 11th Baronet
    Sir Richard Courtenay Musgrave, 11th Baronet was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1881....

     (1838-1881)
  • Sir Richard George Musgrave, 12th Baronet (1872-1926)
  • Sir Nigel Courtenay Musgrave, 13th Baronet (1896-1957)
  • Sir Charles Musgrave, 14th Baronet (1913-1970)
  • Sir Christopher Patrick Charles Musgrave, 15th Baronet (b. 1949)

Musgrave Baronets, of Hayton Castle (1638)

  • Sir Edward Musgrave, 1st Baronet (c. 1621-1673)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650-1710)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (c. 1675-1711)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet (c. 1701-1739)
  • Sir Richard Hylton, 5th Baronet (c. 1724-1755)
  • Sir William Musgrave, 6th Baronet (1735-1800)
  • Sir Thomas Musgrave, 7th Baronet (1737-1812)
  • Sir James Musgrave, 8th Baronet (c. 1752-1814)
  • Sir James Musgrave, 9th Baronet (1785-1858)
  • Sir William Augustus Musgrave, 10th Baronet (1792-1875)

Musgrave Baronets, of Tourin (1782)

  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (1746-1818)
  • Sir Christopher Frederick Musgrave, 2nd Baronet (1738-1826)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 3rd Baronet (1790-1859)
  • Sir Richard Musgrave, 4th Baronet (1820-1874)
  • Sir Richard John Musgrave, 5th Baronet (1850-1930)
  • Sir Christopher Norman Musgrave, 6th Baronet (1892-1956)
  • Sir Richard James Musgrave, 7th Baronet (1922-2000)
  • Sir Christopher John Shane Musgrave, 8th Baronet (b. 1959)
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