Kedleston Hall is the seat of the Curzon family, located in Kedleston, Derbyshire, roughly six kilometres north-west of Derby. The Curzon family is an English aristocratic family tracing back to 1066. Members of the family have held 14 hereditary titles such as: Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Howe, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Viscount Curzon, Viscount Scarsdale, Viscounts Howe, Curzon of Kedleston, Baron Scarsdale, Baron Ravensdale, Manor of Curzon, Baron Howe, Baron Curzon, Baronet Mosley, and Baronet Kedleston Hall.
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston,, 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 simply as Lord Curzon, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. During his time as Viceroy, Lord Curzon created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and fought with the British military commander Lord Kitchener. During the First World War, he served in the small War Cabinet of Prime Minister David Lloyd George as Leader of the House of Lords, as well as the War Policy Committee. He served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Foreign Office from 1919 to 1924.
Earl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, but became extinct on his death in 1799. The second creation, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was in 1821 for Richard Curzon, and remains extant.
Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in Derbyshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the prominent Conservative politician and former Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston, who was created Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time and was later made Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.
Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale is the eldest son of the 3rd Viscount Scarsdale, to whose titles he succeeded in 2000, and his first wife, the former Solange Yvonne Palmyre Ghislaine Hanse.
Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore, KT, known as Lord Milsington to 1730, of Portmore House, Weybridge, Surrey, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1726 and 1730, when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Portmore. He subsequently became a Scottish representative peer in the House of Lords. He was a racehorse owner and was known as Beau Colyear for his conspicuous dress.
Sir Robert Archibald Cary, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.
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Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet (1676–1758) of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.
Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire was an English Tory politician and peer.
Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale was an English Tory politician and peer.
Assheton Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon and 1st Viscount Curzon was a British Tory politician.
Francis John Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale, was a British peer.
Admiral Henry Curzon was a Royal Navy officer who held commands during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Robert Shirley, 7th Earl Ferrers FSA, styled Viscount Tamworth from 1778 to 1787, was a British nobleman.
Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham DSO DSC a british aristocrat and member of the House of Roper and House of Curzon, was a career officer of the Royal Navy and an English peer, with a seat from 1936 in the House of Lords, where from 1946 to 1959 he was Deputy to the Earl of Drogheda and then to Lord Merthyr as Chairman of Committees.
Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Curzon, was a British aristocrat, clergyman, and landowner. His eldest son was George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, the Conservative Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary.
Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale was an English peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords for more than fifty years.
