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Hace 1 día · Kedleston Hall is an extravagant temple to the arts designed by the architect Robert Adam. Commissioned in the 1750s by Nathaniel Curzon whose ancestors had resided at Kedleston since the 12th century. The house is framed by historic parkland and boasts opulent interiors intended to impress.
Hace 2 días · This Ralph Assheton, second baronet, died in 1716, leaving three daughters as co-heirs. Mary, the second, married Sir Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, and was succeeded at Whalley by a younger son Assheton Curzon, created Baron Curzon of Penn 1794 and Viscount Curzon 1802.
Hace 3 días · The most eminent resident was undoubtedly George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, who took this house on this return from India in the winter of 1905–06 and retained it until his death here on 20th March, 1925. During the first 11 years of this period Curzon took little part in public life.
Hace 4 días · In 1555 Westoning was granted to Thomas Curzon, one of the clerks of the Controller of the Household, and Agnes his wife in tail. He died the same year, leaving an infant daughter Mary as sole heir, the manor of Westoning being held by his widow during her life.
Hace 3 días · After various transactions of everincreasing complexity, both the leasehold and the market rights were eventually purchased by Sir Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, Derbyshire (the second baronet), on 25 January 1692/3 for £2,149 10s. which was the money then outstanding on the mortgage.
Hace 3 días · On May 8, 1923, the British Ambassador to Moscow, Robert Hodgson, delivered an ultimatum from the British Foreign Minister Lord Curzon to the representative of the Soviet government. Item 21 of this document contained a protest against the oppression of freedom of conscience in the USSR.
Hace 2 días · On 11 May 1920, he married Lady Cynthia "Cimmie" Curzon (1898–1933), second daughter of the 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), Viceroy of India 1899–1905, Foreign Secretary 1919–1924, and Lord Curzon's first wife, the U.S. mercantile heiress Mary Leiter.
