The Times, Friday, Nov 11, 1870 DEATHS
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On the 7th Nov., at Nice, Sir William Curtis, Bart., in his 67th year.
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LONDON 29 Dec 1870 Probate
CURTIS, Sir William, Bart., The Will of Sir William Curtis, late of Caynham Court, in the County of Salop, Baronet, deceased, who died 7 November 1870 in Nice, in France, was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Dame Georgina Maria Curtis, of Caynham Court, aforesaid, Widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix.
Effects under £7,000
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The Illustrated London News, Monday, Nov 13, 1870
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS
SIR WILLIAM CURTIS, BART.
William Curtis, third Baronet, of Culland's Grove, Middlesex, died at Nice, on the 7th inst.
He was born Aug. 26, 1804, the eldest son of the late Sir William Curtis, Bart., by Mary Anne, his wife, only child of George Lear, Esq. of Laytonstone, and was grandson of the well-known Alderman William Curtis, Lord Mayor of London in 1795, and for 35 years M.P. for that City, who was created a Baronet Dec. 21, 1802.
The Baronet whose decease we record received his education at Eton, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1825.
He was a magistrate for the counties Hereford, Salop, Kent, Middlesex, and Wilts; and, in 1857, served as High Sheriff for Shropshire, in which county he processed the estate and seat of Caynharn Court.
He married May 18, 1831, Georgina Maria, eldest daughter of John Stratton, Esq., of Farthinghoe Lodge, Northamptonshire, by whom he had issue three sons and two daughters.
The eldest son, William Edmund Curtis, Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Dragoons, died May 11, 1800, leaving, by Ariana Emily, his wife, daughter of Colonel Master, of Knole Park, Gloucestershire, an only child, the present Sir William Michael Curtis, fourth Baronet, born Nov, 10, 1859.
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