| Authorised form of name | Curzon; George Nathaniel (1859 - 1925); 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
| Dates | 1859 - 1925 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, England |
| Date of birth | 11 January 1859 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 20/03/1925 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kedleston church, Derbyshire |
| Activity | Education:
Eton; Balliol College, Oxford
Career:
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Under Secretary of State for India (1891-1892); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1895-1898); Viceroy and Governor General of India (1890-1904 and 1904-1905); Lord Privy Seal (1915-1916); Lord President of the Council and member of the War Cabinet (1916-1919); Leader of the House of Lords (1916-1924); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1919-1924); died after an operation on a diseased kidney
Honours:
Baron 1898; Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Viscount Scarsdale and Baron Ravensdale 1911; Marquess 1921; KG; GCSI; GCIE |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/12/1898 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale and his wife Blanche, daughter of Joseph Pocklington Senhouse of Netherall, Cumberland.
Married: 1) (22 April 1925) Mary Victoria, daughter of Levi Leiter of Washington, USA (she died 18 July 1906); 2) (02 January 1917) Grace Elvina daughter of J Monroe Hinds, US Minister for Brazil |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 18 June 1892 |
| Code | NA6597 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1898/19 | Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/18/809 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Fellow of the Royal Society, Government House, Calcutta | 15 May 1899 |
| NLB/17/661 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 2 December 1898 |
| NLB/17/783 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 December 1898 |
| NLB/19/332 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, Fellow of the Royal Society, Viceregal Lodge, Simla, India | 9 August 1899 |
| NLB/19/422 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Lord George Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India | 28 September 1899 |
| NLB/21/545 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to His Excellency, Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, Fellow of the Royal Society, Viceroy of India | 7 December 1900 |
| NLB/32/636 | Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Lord [George Nathaniel] Curzon of Kedleston, Fellow of the Royal Society | 26 April 1906 |
| NLB/54/119 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society | 13 February 1917 |
| NLB/32/631 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Professor Joseph Larmor, Secretary, Royal Society | 25 April 1906 |