George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925)
From Our Conservative & Unionist Statesmen. Published 1899. J Russell and sons founded by James Russell (1809-1899). Info from wiki: George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), who was styled as Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911, and as Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, and was known commonly as Lord Curzon, was a British Conservative statesman, who served as Viceroy of India, from 1899 to 1905, during which time he created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from 1919 to 1924. In 1923, Curzon, despite his illustrious success as both Viceroy and Foreign Secretary, especially at the recent Conference of Lausanne, was denied the office of Prime Minister, in favour of Stanley Baldwin, because he was a member of the House of Lords, and because Lord Davidson, to whom Baldwin was loyal, and Sir Charles Waterhouse, falsely claimed, to Lord Stamfordham, that the resigned Prime Minister Bonar Law had recommended that George V appoint Baldwin, and not Curzon, as his successor.[1] Curzon's character polarised opinion amongst his contemporaries: Winston Churchill said that Curzon "sow[ed] gratitude and resentment along his path with equally lavish hands".[2] He quarrelled continually, and his arrogance and inflexibility provoked the enmity of some in government. His biographers unanimously contend that the extent of his efforts for the British Empire was unrecompensed by the polity subsequent to his retirement from the office of Viceroy of India. Leonard Mosley described him as 'a devoted and indefatigable public servant, dedicated to the idea of Empire'
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