Editing Streynsham Master (section)

==Family==

He was the son of Richard Master of [[East Langdon]], near [[Dover]], Kent. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Legh of [[Lyme Park|Lyme Hall]], Cheshire with whom he had two sons, Legh Master, MP for Newton, Lancashire, and Rev. Streynsham Master, M.A.,<ref>Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, vol 2, 1847, ed. John Burke and John Bernard Burke, pg 842</ref> and a daughter, [[Anne Coventry, Countess of Coventry (1691–1788)|Anne]].<ref>Matthew Kilburn, 'Coventry, Anne, countess of Coventry (1691–1788)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6475, accessed 28 Nov 2014]</ref> In 1692 he purchased the [[Codnor Castle]] estate in [[Derbyshire]]. He served as [[High Sheriff of Derbyshire]] in 1712.<ref>''The History of the County of Derby'' Stephen Glover (1829) Google Books</ref> Master and his wife resided at Stanley Grange in [[Morley, Derbyshire|Morley]] in Derbyshire.<ref>[http://www.codnor.info/Castle.php#anchormaster Codnor], Local History and Heritage Society, 11 December 2008</ref> His nephew – the son of his elder brother, James Master – was a Royal Navy captain also named [[Streynsham Master (Royal Navy)|Streynsham Master]]. Among his descendants are Admiral Sir [[Nicholas Hunt|Nicholas John Streynsham Hunt]] and his son [[Jeremy Hunt]], an MP since 2005, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Foreign Secretary]] from 2018 to 2019, Conservative leadership candidate in 2019, and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] from 2022 to 2024.