Family and Education
b. 2 July 1664, 2nd s. of Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Bt.*, by his 1st w.; bro. of Philip Musgrave†, half-bro. of Joseph Musgrave*. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1683, called 1687, bencher 1715. unm. Nicolson Diaries ed. Jones and Holmes, 23; G. Burton, Life of Sir Philip Musgrave, 43.
Offices Held

Clerk of deliveries Ordnance 1689–96, clerk of Ordnance 1696–1714; dep.-gov. Carlisle 1692–?1693; clerk of Privy Council, extraord. 1695– Jan. 1705, ord. Jan. 1705–12; commr. privy seal 30 June 1701–25 Apr. 1702. H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 225; H. Horwitz, Parl. and Pol. Wm. III, 76–77; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iii. 374, 475; v. 508; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvi. 300; xix. 467; xxvi. 267, 537; xxvii. 534.

Gov., Q. Elizabeth g.s. Penrith 1689–d.; freeman, Portsmouth 1681, Carlisle 1690, Appleby, 1704; dep.recorder, Carlisle 1687–9. P. H. Reaney, Recs. of Q. Elizabeth Grammar Sch. Penrith (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. Tract Ser. x), 29, 31; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 364; Cumbria RO (Kendal), Appleby bor. recs. WSMB/A minute bk. 3, 22 Sept. 1704; Cumbria RO (Carlisle), Carlisle bor. recs. Ca/2/161, Musgrave to Carlisle corp. 20 Oct. [1687].

Commr. Greenwich hospital, 1695. Add. 10120, f. 233.

Main residence: Swallow Street, Westminster.
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Commons 1690-1715
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MUSGRAVE, Christopher (1664-1718)

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