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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 ...
Mary Curzon may refer to: Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston (1870–1906), peeress of American background Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (1896–1966), her daughter; Mary Curzon, Lady Howe (1887–1962), English aristocrat
Curzon's second wife chose to be buried in the churchyard outside. The Curzons' youngest daughter, Alexandra Naldera, was conceived in July 1903 at Naldehra, 25 km from Shimla, [23] perhaps after a high altitude game of golf. [24] She was born on 20 March 1904. [25] and became best known as "Baba", an Indian name for baby or little one.
1st Baron Ravensdale 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston 5th Baron Scarsdale 9th baronet (N.Sc., E.) 1859–1925: Marquessate, both earldoms and Curzon barony extinct, Scarsdale viscountcy and barony and both baronetcies inherited by Richard Curzon: Irene Curzon 2nd Baroness Ravensdale 1896–1966: Lady Cynthia Curzon 1898–1933: Nicholas Mosley 3rd ...
House of Curzon is an English aristocratic family of Anglo-Norman origins tracing back to 1066.Members of the Curzon family have held 14 hereditary titles such as: Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Howe, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Viscount Curzon, Viscount Scarsdale, Viscounts Howe, Curzon of Kedleston, Baron Scarsdale, Baron Ravensdale, Manor of Curzon, Baron Howe, Baron Curzon, Baronet ...
The title Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston, of Kedleston, in the County of Derby (1958) was given to Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby (1911) to enable her to take a seat in the House of Lords as it was only after the Peerage Act 1963 that suo jure peeresses could sit in the House by virtue of their ...
Lady Alexandra Naldera Metcalfe CBE (née Curzon; 20 March 1904 – 7 August 1995) was a British aristocrat. She was the third daughter of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , Viceroy of India, and his first wife, the American mercantile heiress, Mary Victoria Leiter .
Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (sister) Lady Alexandra Curzon (sister) Lady Cynthia Blanche Mosley [ n 1 ] (née Curzon ; 23 August 1898 – 16 May 1933), nicknamed "Cimmie", was a British aristocrat, politician and the first wife of the British Fascist politician Sir Oswald Mosley .