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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 Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a prominent British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who served as Viceroy ...
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1.º Marquês Curzon de Kedleston KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC (11 de janeiro de 1859 — 20 de março de 1925) foi um nobre, diplomata, geógrafo político e estadista britânico. [1] Estudou no Balliol College da Universidade de Oxford, tendo sido, posteriormente, chanceler da mesma universidade.
- Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda
- 11 de janeiro de 1859, Kedleston Hall
- 20 de março de 1925 (66 anos), Londres
- Derbyshire, All Saints Church, Kedleston
- Curzon's Role at The Foreign Office
- Curzon's Achievements While in Office
- Tensions Between Curzon and The Prime Minister
- The Final Years in Office
To some extent, this suited Curzon. He was a veteran of the ‘Great Game’ (strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia) who had published accounts of his travels across the Middle East, Central Asia and the Far East while still a young MP in the 1880s and 1890s. His geopolitical outl...
Curzon personally negotiated an Anglo-Persian Agreement in August 1919 (only to see it fail to be ratified by the Iranians in 1921); oversaw the division of the British Palestinian Mandate to create the Kingdom of Jordan and foresaw the difficulties initiated by the Balfour Declaration; and established an independent Egyptian constitutional monarch...
Despite having a relatively free hand in Asian affairs, Lloyd George’s incursions into foreign policy eventually became so irksome that Curzon repeatedly considered resignation. More personally, Lloyd George resented Curzon’s aristocratic heritage, while Curzon’s blunt and ‘superior’ manner and increasingly defensive outlook from the Foreign Office...
The relationship between Curzon and the Prime Minister was beyond repair, but by now others shared his frustration with Lloyd George. Conservative backbenchers voted to end the coalition, forcing Lloyd George to stand down. Andrew Bonar Law formed a new Conservative administration, retaining Curzon as Foreign Secretary, who operated much more indep...
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.
29 de out. de 2023 · George Nathaniel Curzon (1859–1925), commonly known as Lord Curzon, was born on 11 January 1859 at his ancestral home, Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire. He was the second of 11 children of the 4th Baron Scarsdale and his wife Blanche. As the eldest boy, he was destined to inherit Kedleston.
17 de mai. de 2018 · Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon (1859–1925). Curzon became an authority on the East through travelling extensively in the 1880s, and a passionate advocate of British imperial power. His main contribution to that came when he was sent to India as viceroy in 1899, where he worked hard to further the interests—as he saw ...
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC (January 11, 1859 – March 20, 1925) was a British Conservative statesman, and hereditary peer seven times over, who served as Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. As Viceroy, he governed India at the zenith of imperial power.
