Lord Curzon

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Lord Curzon was a British statesman and Viceroy of India known for his assertive imperial policies and sweeping administrative reforms in the early 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
Viceroy of India
human
member of the House of Lords
statesman
authored Persia and the Persian Question
Problems of the Far East
birthDate 1859-01-11
birthPlace Kedleston, Derbyshire, England
burialPlace All Saints Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1925-03-20
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Eton College
endTime 1905-11-18
1924
father Alfred Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale
fullName George Nathaniel Curzon
ideology British imperialism
knownFor Curzon Line proposal as a boundary in Eastern Europe
administrative reforms in British India
assertive imperial policies in India
partition of Bengal (1905)
preservation of Indian monuments and archaeology
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
mother Blanche Senhouse
notableEvent resignation as Viceroy after dispute with Lord Kitchener
occupation author
diplomat
politician
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
religion Anglicanism
spouse Grace Elvina Hinds
Mary Victoria Leiter
startTime 1899-01-06
1919
title 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Baron Curzon of Kedleston


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