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A Superb New Biography . . . A Tragic Story, Brilliantly Told. Andrew Roberts,Literary Review
George Nathaniel Curzons controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of his countrys empire to the traumatized years following World War I. As viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and foreign secretary under King George V, the obsessive Lord Curzon left his unmistakable mark on the era. David Gilmours award-winning bookwith a new foreword by the authoris a brilliant assessment of Curzons character and achievements, offering a richly dramatic account of the infamous long vendettas, the turbulent friendships, and the passionate, risky love affairs that complicated and enriched his life.
Born into the ruling class of what was then the worlds greatest power, Curzon was a fervent believer in British imperialism who spent his life proving he was fit for the task. Often seen as arrogant and tempestuous, he was loathed as much as he was adored, his work disparaged as much as it was admired. In Gilmours well-rounded appraisal, Curzon emerges as a complex, tragic figure, a gifted leader who saw his imperial world overshadowed at the dawn of democracy.

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj
The British in India: Three Centuries of
Ambition and Experience

The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa
The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land,
Its Regions and Their Peoples

Cities of Spain
The Transformation of Spain: From Franco
to the Constitutional Monarchy

Lebanon: The Fractured Country
Dispossessed: The Ordeal of the Palestinians

The Hungry Generations

David Gilmour

CURZON
Imperial Statesman
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First published by John Murray Publishers Ltd Great Britain 2002 Published - photo 2

First published by John Murray (Publishers) Ltd, Great Britain 2002
Published in the United States of America by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002
Published in Penguin Books with a new Preface 2019

Copyright David Gilmour, 1994, 2003, 2019

The moral right of the author has been asserted

Cover images: Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India (photogravure), English Photographer, (19th century) / Private Collection / Look and Learn / Bridgeman Images

ISBN: 978-0-141-99087-3

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To my father, Ian Gilmour

About the Author

David Gilmour is one of Britains most admired and accomplished historical writers and biographers. He is the author of The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling (Elizabeth Longford Prize), The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj and the acclaimed The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience. His other works include The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions and Their Peoples, The Last Leopard, a biography of Giuseppe di Lampedusa (Marsh Biography Award), as well as several books on the modern history of Spain and the Middle East. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a former Research Fellow of St Antonys College, Oxford.

List of Illustrations
Lady Scarsdale Lord Scarsdale Kedleston Hall Curzon at the age of 6 Curzon - photo 3

Lady Scarsdale

Lord Scarsdale

Kedleston Hall

Curzon at the age of 6

Curzon, aged 12

Oscar Browning

Benjamin Jowett

Curzon and William Palmer at Oxford

Alfred and Edward Lyttelton

Sibell Grosvenor painted by Edward Clifford

Curzon as Under-Secretary portrayed by Spy

Curzon soon after his appointment as Viceroy

Family group at Kedleston after Curzons wedding

Curzon with his daughters, Irene and Cynthia

Government House, Calcutta

Viceregal tour of the ruins of the Lucknow Residency

The Vicereine at the Durbar

The Viceroys family and staff at Simla, 1899

The Curzons visit to Hyderabad, 1902

St John Brodrick

Lord George Hamilton

Lord Ampthill

Earl of Minto

Lord Kitchener

John Morley

Tiger shooting at Hyderabad, 1902

Tennis at Hackwood

Lord Lansdowne with Curzon

Elinor Glyn at Montacute

Grace Curzon

Curzon making a speech at Tattershall in 1912

Lord Cromer

Lord Milner

Lord Curzon as Foreign Secretary

Lord Salisbury

Arthur Balfour

H.H. Asquith

David Lloyd George

Andrew Bonar Law

Stanley Baldwin at the Imperial Conference, 1923

Lord Curzon at the age of 66

The author and publishers would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce photographs: Plates , Jane Lady Abdy and Mr Christopher Davson.

Lady Scarsdale Lord Scarsdale Kedleston Hall George Nathaniel at the age of 6 - photo 4 Lady ScarsdaleLord Scarsdale Kedleston Hall George Nathaniel at the age of 6 The competitive - photo 5 Lord ScarsdaleKedleston Hall George Nathaniel at the age of 6 The competitive schoolboy aged - photo 6 Kedleston HallGeorge Nathaniel at the age of 6 The competitive schoolboy aged 12 in his - photo 7 George Nathaniel at the age of 6The competitive schoolboy aged 12 in his last year at WixenfordM ENTORS OF Y - photo 8 The competitive schoolboy, aged 12, in his last year at Wixenford
M ENTORS OF Y OUTH
Oscar Browning in retirement who regarded Curzon as one of the most - photo 9 Oscar Browning (in retirement), who regarded Curzon as one of the most brilliantly gifted boys of his generationBenjamin Jowett creator of the Balliol mystique who warned his pupil of the - photo 10 Benjamin Jowett, creator of the Balliol mystique, who warned his pupil of the dangers of verbosityOxford insouciance Curzon left and Willian Palmer later Viscount Wolmer - photo 11 Oxford insouciance: Curzon (left) and Willian Palmer (later Viscount Wolmer, later still Earl of Selborne)Straight bats Alfred and Edward Lyttelton Curzons Blessed Damozel Sibell - photo 12 Straight bats: Alfred and Edward LytteltonCurzons Blessed Damozel Sibell Grosvenor painted by Edward Clifford in 1887 A - photo 13 Curzons Blessed Damozel: Sibell Grosvenor painted by Edward Clifford in 1887A divinity addressing black beetles Curzon as Under-Secretary portrayed by Spy - photo 14 A divinity addressing black beetles: Curzon as Under-Secretary portrayed by Spy in 1892Curzon soon after his appointment as Viceroy in 1898 Family group at Kedleston - photo 15 Curzon soon after his appointment as Viceroy in 1898Family group at Kedleston after Curzons wedding Behind the married couple are - photo 16 Family group at Kedleston after Curzons wedding. Behind the married couple are (left to right), Geraldine, Frank, Margaret, Lillian Okeover (who married Assheton), Lord Scarsdale, Assheton, Sophy, Elinor, Sir James Miller, Evie (married to Miller), and Affie. All Curzons brothers and sisters are present except BlancheCurzon with his daughters Irene left and Cynthia Cimmie Government House - photo 17
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