George Curzon

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Person.png George Curzon   WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician, diplomat)
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BornGeorge Nathaniel Curzon
1859-01-11
Kedleston, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Died1925-03-20 (Age 66)
London, United Kingdom
Alma materOxford University/Balliol College
Children • Mary Irene
• Cynthia Blanche
• Alexandra Naldera
SpouseMary Curzon
Member ofBullingdon Club
InterestsThe Great Game
PartyConservative
Countries are "pieces on a chessboard, upon which is being played out a game for the domination of the world”

Employment.png Viceroy and Governor-General of India

In office
6 January 1899 - 18 November 1905

Employment.png Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
23 October 1919 - 22 January 1924
Succeeded byRamsay MacDonald

Employment.png Leader of the House of Lords Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925
Preceded byRichard Haldane

Employment.png Leader of the House of Lords Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
10 December 1916 - 22 January 1924
Succeeded byRichard Haldane

Employment.png Lord President of the Council

In office
10 December 1916 - 23 October 1919
Succeeded byArthur Balfour

Employment.png Lord President of the Council

In office
3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925

Employment.png President of the Air Board

In office
15 May 1916 - 3 January 1917

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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