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George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FRGS, FBA (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.
Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe. [ 1 ] Curzon, born in Amersham , Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat the Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of the 3rd Earl Howe ) and his wife, the ...
Born Cynthia Blanche Curzon at Kedleston Hall, she was the second daughter of Hon. George Curzon (later Marquess Curzon of Kedleston) and his first wife, Mary Victoria Leiter, an American department-store heiress. As the daughter of an Earl (and later a Marquess), she was styled Lady Cynthia beginning in 1911.
In 1925, Metcalfe married Lady Alexandra Naldera ("Baba") Curzon (1904–1995), [19] 18 years younger than he, and the third daughter of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, erstwhile Viceroy of India, and Lord Curzon's first wife, the American mercantile heiress Mary Victoria Leiter.
Irene was born at 4 Carlton House Gardens, St James's, the eldest child of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Mary Victoria Leiter, daughter of Levi Leiter. She inherited her father's Barony of Ravensdale , County Derby , in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , on 20 March 1925, and was created a life peer as Baroness ...
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Arms of Curzon, Barons Scarsdale. Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1911 for the prominent Conservative politician and former Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston, who was created Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time and was later made Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.
Asquith's political opponent Lord Birkenhead wrote to The Times on 19 May, describing Asquith as the "greatest living Oxonian", but his support may have done more harm than good, as Birkenhead was seen as morally dubious, having been a leading member of the discredited Lloyd George Coalition which had fallen from power in October 1922, and was ...