Sir Rt Hon. Marquess George Curzon KG PC GCSI GCIE FBA
(1859-1925)
statesman, Viceroy of India, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, Knight Grand Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Fellow of the British Academy, Privy Counsellor (from 1895), 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston (1898-1911), 1st Baron Ravensdale (1911-1925), 1st Viscount Scarsdale (1911-1925), 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston (1911-1921), 854th Knight of the Order of the Garter (from 1916), 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 1921), and 1st Earl of Kedleston (1921-1925)
Died aged c. 66
Wikidata WikipediaGeorge Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FRS, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. During the First World War, Curzon was Leader of the House of Lords and from December 1916 served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George and in the War Policy Committee. He went on to serve as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Office from 1919 to 1924. In 1923, Curzon was a contender for the office of Prime Minister, but Bonar Law and some other leading Conservatives preferred Stanley Baldwin for the office.
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George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 1859-1925 Statesman Viceroy of India lived and died here
1 Carlton House Terrace, London, United Kingdom where they lived and died (1925)