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  2. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston - Wikipedia

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    George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), known as Lord Curzon, was a British statesman, Conservative politician, explorer and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1919 to 1924.

  3. Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche - Wikipedia

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    Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (16 March 1810 – 2 August 1873), styled The Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870, was an English traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East. He was responsible for acquiring several important and late Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries .

  4. Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale - Wikipedia

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    Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet of Kedleston, and his wife Mary Assheton. His younger brother, Assheton Curzon, was made 1st Baron Curzon in 1794 and later 1st Viscount Curzon in 1802. His father served as a Member of Parliament for Derby, Clitheroe, and Derbyshire, which he held until 1754. [1]

  5. The Lord Curzon of Kedleston - Wikipedia

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  6. Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon - Wikipedia

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    Lord Curzon died in March 1820, aged 90. His son from his first marriage, the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon, had predeceased him, and he was therefore succeeded by the latter's third but eldest surviving son by his marriage to Sophia Howe , suo jure Baroness Howe (the eldest daughter of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe , and wife Mary Hartop), Richard ...

  7. Partition of Bengal (1905) - Wikipedia

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    However, Curzon's plan did not work at the time as intended because it only further encouraged the extremists within Congress to resist and rebel against the colonial government. Historians like Sekhar Bandyopadhyay have argued how Curzon's plan only further "magnified the nationalist angst". [ 11 ]

  8. Victoria Memorial, Kolkata - Wikipedia

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    It arrived in Calcutta in 1902 and was unveiled on the maidan by Lord Curzon. In January 1914, Curzon commissioned Thomas Brock, who had also created the Victoria Memorial in London to produce a statue of Victoria in her coronation robes to serve as the 'keynote' of the central hall. [3] The Angel of Victory, on top of the Memorial

  9. Baron Ravensdale - Wikipedia

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    Curzon was created Viscount Scarsdale and Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time. [1] The viscounty was created with special remainder to the heirs male of his father while the earldom was created with normal remainder to heirs male.