HURT, Francis (1781-1854), of Alderwasley Hall , near Wirksworth, Derbyshire

b. 11 Feb. 1781, 1st s. of Francis Hurt, of Alderwasley, and Elizabeth,The obituary in the Gent. Mag. (1854), xli. 534 states incorrectly that Hurt’s mother was Mary, da. of Thomas Gill (sic), of Wirksworth, confusing his mother with his paternal grandmother, who was Mary, da. of Thomas Gell of Wirksworth: Burke’s landed gentry (1847), i. 622. youngest da. of James Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp, Lancs. educ. St John’s, Camb., 1799-1800. m. 27 Oct. 1802, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Arkwright of Willersley, Derbys. 1s. 7da. suc. fa. 5 Jan. 1801. d. 22 Mar. 1854.