George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston KG,
GCSI,
GCIE,
PC (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), known as
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as
The Earl Curzon of Kedlestonbetween 1911 and 1921, was a British
Conservative statesman.
As
Viceroy of India, he is noted for the creation of
Eastern Bengal and Assam. As
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he drew the
Curzon Line as the proposed eastern frontier of Poland. He was passed over as Prime Minister in 1923 in favour of
Stanley Baldwin. His character polarised opinion amongst his contemporaries, "sow[ing] gratitude and resentment along his path with equally lavish hands".
[1] He quarrelled endlessly and his arrogance and inflexibility made even more enemies. Critics have been negative in contrasting his enormous talents and energy on behalf of British imperialism with his mixed results and unrealized ambitions.
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