Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale

Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (27 September 1752 – 1837) was an English Tory politician and peer.

Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, the Curzon family seat

Curzon was the son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, and his wife Lady Carolina Colyear, daughter of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore.[1]

Curzon was elected as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1775 and held the seat until 1784. In 1804 he succeeded his father to the title Lord Scarsdale.

Curzon married, in July 1777 Sophia-Susanna, daughter of Edward, Viscount Wentworth and sister of Thomas, Viscount Wentworth, there were 3 children of the marriage. After her death in 1782 he remarried at Hamburg in 1798 to Felicite Anne Josephe de Wattines and they had another ten children.

His eldest son Nathaniel succeeded to the title and became Lord Scarsdale.

References
  1. Arthur Collins Peerage of England. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812
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