Francis Hurt

Francis Hurt

Francis Hurt (born 1803 ) was an English Tory politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.

Hurt was born at Rock House Cromford, the son of Francis Edward Hurt and his wife Elizabeth Arkwright, the daughter of Richard Arkwright Junior. [ [http://www.cromfordvillage.co.uk/arkwrights.html Cromford Village - The Arkwright family in Cromford] ]

Hurt became MP for Derbyshire South in 1837 but lost the seat in 1841. He lived at Alderwasley Hall which had been in the Hurt family since 1715. He was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1860, [LondonGazette|issue=22348|startpage=213|date=20 January1860|accessdate=2008-02-22] Deputy Lieutenant and J. P.. [Gentleman's Magazine 1854]

In 1851, Hurt rebuilt in stone an Observatory called Crich Stand on a limestone cliff overlooking Crich. This had originally been erected by his grandfather in 1788 at a cost of £210. [ [http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/content.php?categoryId=3091 Peak District Online - Crich Stand] ] This was rebuilt in 1923 as a Memorial Tower for those of the Sherwood Foresters regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I. Hurt also built a wooden house on a height in the Alderwasley woods in 1857 which was used for picnics. This was on or near the site of the "Earl's Chamber", a hunting lodge belonging to Edmund Earl of Lancaster, brother of Edward I. [Francis Delme-Radcliffe "A Lay of the Earl's Chamber or The Legend of the Alderwasley Ram" Vienna 1908 ]

Hurt married Cecilia Norman, daughter of Richard Norman of Melton Mowbray and niece to the Duke of 'Rutland. Their son Captain Francis R. Hurt was killed in the Crimean War in the attack on the Redan on 18 June 1855. [ [http://members.tripod.com/glosters/criminf.htm Crimean War] ]

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