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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), styled The Honourable between 1858 and 1898, then known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911, and The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a prominent British statesman, Conservative ...
May 10, 2021 · Lord Curzon succeeded Lord Elgin and served as India’s Viceroy between 1899 and 1905. He became the youngest Viceroy of India at the age of 39. He was one of the most controversial and consequential holders of that post.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925) was known commonly as Lord Curzon, was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.
Lord Curzon (born January 11, 1859, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, England—died March 20, 1925, London) was a British statesman, viceroy of India (1898–1905), and foreign secretary (1919–24) who during his terms in office played a major role in British policy making.
Aug 19, 2022 · Born in 1859, George Nathaniel Curzon was a British conservative politician who was educated at the elite institutions of Eton and Oxford. He served as Under-Secretary of State for India (1891-1892), and for Foreign Affairs (1895-1898), before being appointed Viceroy of India in 1899.
Jun 21, 2024 · Lord Curzon became the Viceroy of India, succeeding Lord Elgin. He was the youngest Viceroy to be appointed in India, and he served as the Viceroy between 1899 and 1905. He was also one of the most influential and one of the most disputable Viceroys of the Colonial Government.
George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon, or Lord Curzon, (born Jan. 11, 1859, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, Eng.—died March 20, 1925, London), British viceroy of India (1898–1905) and foreign secretary (1919–24). Eldest son of a baron, he studied at Oxford and entered Parliament in 1886.
The passage to India took three weeks and the newly created Lord Curzon of Kedleston arrived in Bombay in SS Arabia on December 30th, 1898, with his beautiful American wife and their two baby daughters.
The Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon. Ironically, from his lofty, paternal point of view, Lord Curzon became one of the prime architects of Indian independence. “To me, the message is carved in granite, it is hewn out of the rock of doom - that our work is righteous and that it shall endure.”.
CURZON, GEORGE (1859–1925), British statesman. George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, was born in 1859 into an aristocratic family of Norman origin and raised in his family's distinguished Derbyshire estate, Kedleston Hall.
