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Mary Leiter Curzon was one of the most famous women of her time. The daughter of Levi Leiter, an early partner of Marshall Field, she was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1870. Mary had one brother Joseph and two sisters, Nancy Leiter , who married Colin Campbell, and Marguerite Leiter , known as Daisy, who married the earl of Suffolk.
Mary Curzon, Lady Howe (30 October 1887 – 1 September 1962) was an English aristocrat dubbed by the newspapers the Queen of Beauty. Early life [ edit ] Mary Curzon was born on 30 October 1887, the only daughter of Esmé FitzRoy and Col. Montagu Curzon , the eldest son, by his second wife, of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe . [1]
23 de mai. de 2024 · Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon (born May 27, 1870, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died July 18, 1906, London, Eng.) was an American-born vicereine of India who, by virtue of her marriage, long held the highest political rank gained by an American woman. Mary Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, merchant and early partner in Marshall Field & Co.
1 de dez. de 1978 · Levi Leiter, Mary Curzon's father, came from Leitersburg, a little village outside of Hagerstown, Maryland. Lots of local history there since I live in Hagerstown. Nigel Nicholson visited Leitersburg when writing his book and popped in on a friend of mine who lived in Leitersburg.
- Nigel Nicolson
- Nigel Nicolson
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, CI (née Leiter; 27 May 1870 – 18 July 1906) was a British aristocrat of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India.
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, CI (née Leiter; 27 May 1870 – 18 July 1906) was a British aristocrat of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India. Quick Facts Viceregal-Consort of India, Monarchs ...
She met and married, after a secret engagement lasting two years, George Nathaniel Curzon, and becme his Vicereine at the age of twenty-eight. For six years she and her husband presided over a Viceregal court of unequaled magnificence, and on her two return visits to England she became an intimate of leading members of the British Cabinet, as she had of Lord Kitchener in India.
