George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Politician
1859 – 1925
Who was George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston?
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was the Viceroy of India and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but who was passed over as Prime Minister in 1923 in favour of Stanley Baldwin. He was a key figure in instituting the 1905 Partition of Bengal, which led to a major political crisis for the British Empire. The Curzon Line and the Curzon Hall in Dhaka are named after him.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1859
Kedleston - Also known as
- Lord Curzon
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- George Nathaniel Curzon
- Parents
- Spouses
- Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston
(1917 - 1925) - Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
(1895/04/22 - 1906)
- Grace Curzon, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Balliol College
- Eton College
- Employment
- University of Oxford
- Died
- Mar 20, 1925
London
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on July 23, 2013
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