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Scarsdale, Viscount (UK, 1911)

Creation: let. pat. 2 Nov 1911

Family name: Curzon

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Arms:

Argent on a Bend Sable three Popinjays Or collared Gules

Crest:

A Popinjay rising wings displayed and inverted Or collared Gules

Supporters:

On either side a Female Figure the dexter representing Prudence habited Argent mantled Azure and holding in her sinister hand a Javelin entwined by a Remora proper the sinister representing Liberality habited Argent mantled Purpure and holding in both hands a Cornucopia proper

Mottoes:

Let Curzon holde what Curzon helde; Recte Et Suaviter (Justly and mildly)

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George Nathaniel [Curzon], 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston later 1st Viscount Scarsdale and 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG GCSI GCIE PC

1st son and heir of Alfred Nathaniel Holden [Curzon], 4th Baron Scarsdale, by his wife Blanche Senhouse, 2nd dau. of Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhall, co. Cumberland

born

11 Jan 1859

mar. (1)

22 Apr 1895 Mary Victoria Leiter CI (d. 18 Jul 1906), dau. of Levi Zeigler Leiter, of Washington, USA

mar. (2)

2 Jan 1917 Grace Elvina Duggan GBE (widow of Alfred Duggan, of Buenos Aires;  d. 29 Jun 1958), dau. of J Monroe Hinds, US Minister in Brazil

died

s.p.m. 20 Mar 1925

created

11 Nov 1898 Baron Curzon of Kedleston, of Kedleston in the County of Derby (Peerage of Ireland), with remainder to the heirs male of his body

2 Nov 1911 Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his eldest dau. and the heirs male of her body, with remainder to his second and every other younger dau. successively in order of birth, and the heirs male of their bodies;  Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his father, Baron Scarsdale, and the heirs male of his body;  and Earl Curzon of Kedleston, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, with remainder to the heirs male of his body

28 Jun 1921 Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

suc. by

nephew (as regards the Barony and Viscountcy of Scarsdale only)

note

Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Southport 1886-98; Under Secretary of State for India 1891-92; Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1895-98; Privy Councillor 1895; Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1898-1904 and 1904-05;  GCSI and GCIE 1898; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1904-05; Lord Privy Seal 1915-16;  suc. his father 23 Mar 1916 as 5th Baron Scarsdale; Lord President of the Air Board 1916; Knight of the Garter 1916;  Lord President of the Council and Member of the War Cabinet 1916-19;  Leader of the House of Lords 1916-24; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1919-24;  Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords 1924-25; on his death the Marquessate, Earldom and Irish Barony of Curzon of Kedleston became extinct, the Barony of Ravensdale devolved on his eldest daughter, Lady Mary Irene Curzon, and the Barony and Viscountcy of Scarsdale on his nephew,

Richard Nathaniel [Curzon], 2nd Viscount Scarsdale

only son of Lt Col Hon Alfred Nathaniel Curzon (by his wife Henrietta Maria Montagu, dau. of Hon Spencer Dudley Montagu, 4th son of Matthew [Robinson later Montagu], 4th Baron Rokeby), 2nd son of Alfred Nathaniel Holden [Curzon], 4th Baron Scarsdale

born

3 Jul 1898

mar. (1)

14 Apr 1923 (div. 1946) Mildred Carson Dunbar (d. 1969), dau. of William Roland Dunbar, of Huyton, co. Lancaster

children by first wife

1. Hon Anne Mildred Curzon (b. 1923), mar. 17 Oct 1942 (div. 1960) Maj Walter James Latimer Willson DSO (d. 1994), 1st son of Sir Walter Willson, of Kenward, Tonbridge, co. Kent, and has issue

2. Hon Gloria Mary Curzon (b. 1927; d. 21 Jul 1979), mar. 31 Mar 1951 Capt John Garland Bearman, 2nd son of Frank Charles Bearman, of Stanmore, co. Middlesex, and had issue

3. Hon Juliana Eveline Curzon (b. 1928), mar. (1) 12 Apr 1948 (div. 1952) Lt George Derek Stanley Smith RNVR (d. 12 Jul 1963), only son of Col George Edward Stanley Smith DSO, of Trevella, St Erme, co. Cornwall, (2) 14 May 1953 (div. 1956) Frederick Nettlefold, only son of Frederick John Nettlefold, of Chelwood Vachery, co. Sussex, (3) 3 Jul 1956 (div. 1962) Sir Dudley Ernest Cunliffe-Owen, 2nd Bt., and (4) 3 Mar 1962 (div. 1972) John Roberts, and has issue by each of her husbands

4. Hon Diana Geraldine Curzon (b. 1934)

mar. (2)

10 Aug 1946 Ottilie Margarete Julie Harris (former wife of Aaron James Harris), 1st dau. of Charles Pretzlik, of Sloane Street, London SW1, and Lowfield Park, Crawley, co. Sussex

died

s.p.m. 19 Oct 1977

suc. by

cousin

Francis John Nathaniel [Curzon], 3rd Viscount Scarsdale

only son of Hon Francis Nathaniel Curzon (by his wife Winifred Phylis Coombe, dau. of Capt Christian Combe, of Muir of Ord, co. Ross, by his wife Lady Jane Seymour Conyngham, 3rd dau. of George Henry [Conyngham], 3rd Marquess Conyngham), 3rd son of Alfred Nathaniel Holden [Curzon], 4th Baron Scarsdale

born

28 Jul 1924

mar. (1)

3 Jul 1948 (div. 1967) Solange Yvonne Palmyra Ghislaine Hanse (d. 4 Jul 1974), 2nd dau. of Oscar Ghislain Hanse, of Mont-sur-Marchienne, Belgium

children by first wife

1. Hon Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, later 4th Viscount Scarsdale

2. Hon David James Nathaniel Curzon, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Scarsdale (b. 3 Feb 1958), mar. 1981 Ruth Linton, dau. of John Ernest Linton, of Wavertree, Liverpool, and has issue:

1a. Andrew Linton Nathaniel Curzon (b. 1986)

1a. Emma Rachel Curzon (b. 1983)

1. Hon Annette Yvonne Curzon (b. 28 Oct 1953), mar. 1979 Capt Hani Talaat Latief, of Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, and has issue

mar. (2)

5 Jun 1968 Helene Gladys Frances Lubbock (former wife of Capt John Ralph Lubbock), only dau. of Maj William Ferguson Thomson, of Kinellar, co. Aberdeen

children by second wife

3. Hon Richard Francis Nathaniel Curzon (b. 30 Jan 1969), mar. 30 Jul 1999 Emma Maguire, dau. of Vincent Maguire, and has issue

4. Hon James Fergus Nathaniel Curzon (b. 12 Sep 1970)

died

2 Aug 2000

suc. by

son by first wife

Peter Ghislain Nathaniel [Curzon], 4th Viscount Scarsdale

born

6 Mar 1949

mar. (1)

1983 (div. 1996) Karen Osborne

only child by first wife

1. Hon Danielle Solange Curzon (b. 1983)

mar. (2)

1996 Michelle Reynolds, of Torquay, co. Devon

note

Lord Scarsdale has not proven his succession to either of the Curzon of Kedleston Baronetcies

The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Scarsdale is Hon David James Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd son of the 3rd Viscount Scarsdale, and younger brother of the present Viscount.

Last updated 17 Aug 2013

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Titles:

4th Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 2 Nov 1911)

8th Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby

(Great Britain, let. pat. 9 Apr 1761)

de jure 12th Baronet, styled "of Kedleston, co. Derby"

(Scotland, let. pat. 18 Jun 1636)

de jure 12th Baronet, styled "of Kedleston, co. Derby"

(England, let. pat. 11 Aug 1641)

Address:

Kedleston Hall, Derby DE22 5JH

Tel:  01332 840386

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