George Curzon
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 George Curzon     (politician, diplomat) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | George Nathaniel Curzon 1859-01-11 Kedleston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1925-03-20 (Age 66) London, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Oxford University/Balliol College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | • Mary Irene • Cynthia Blanche • Alexandra Naldera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Mary Curzon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Bullingdon Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | The Great Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Countries are "pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world”
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“Turkestan, Afghanistan, Transcaspia, Persia. To many, these words breathe only a sense of utter remoteness, or a memory of strange vicissitudes or moribund romance. To me, I confess, they are pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world”
George Curzon (1898) [1]
“[We need an] Arab facade ruled and administered under British guidance and controlled by a native Mohammedan and, as far as possible, by an Arab staff…. There should be no actual incorporation of the conquered territory in the dominions of the conqueror, but the absorption may be veiled by such constitutional fictions as a protectorate, a sphere of influence, a buffer state and so on.””
George Curzon [2]
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