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Notes on George
Nathaniel Curzon
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George Nathaniel Curzon
by John Singer Sargent
http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/George_Nathaniel.htm
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George Nathaniel Curzon,
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Born 1859, died 1925.
British spy, provocateur,
politician and imperialist.
Curzon, George N., Persia and the
Persian Question, vol. 2, (London:
1892).
Curzon opposed Women's
suffrage and later was beaten for Prime
Minister by Stanley Baldridge on the
basis of the women's vote. Baldridge went
on to be one of the chief appeasers who
allowed Adolph Hitler to rise to power.
Curzon served as
President of the Privy Council, under
Prime Minister Baldwin
George Nathaniel Curzon,
Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925)
was educated at Eton and Oxford and
travelled widely as a young man, visiting
Persia, Turkistan, Afghanistan, India,
Ceylon, China, Korea and Japan. His
travels resulted in a series of incisive
books including Russia in Central Asia
(1889), Persia and the Persian
Question (1892) and Problems of
the Far East (1894). These writings
earned Curzon a reputation as a shrewd
observer and analyst of Foreign Policy,
which was underlined by his swift rise in
politics from MP for Southport (1886), to
Under-Secretary of State at the India
Office (1891-2), and Under-Secretary of
State at the Foreign Office (1895-8). In
1898 Curzon was appointed Viceroy of
India and to some extent he regarded the
appointment as a meeting with destiny and
an opportunity to assist the providential
role of Empire. He saw “the hand
of Divine Providence behind the creation
and expansion of an empire which was a
supreme force for good in the
world.” Curzon,
India and Empire
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Curzon, George. Curzon's Persia.
London, England: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986.
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Peter King edited
this down from "Persia
and the Persian Question". Curzon was a
British spy back in the days when England was
bent on world domination. This is basically the
tourist part drawn from a book that was drawn
from Curzon's intelligence
reports. While the actions of Curzon in the
service of an evil empire is despicable there is
much to be learned about Qajar Persia. Persian
History Lib |
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This is basically a combination of travel
guide and intelligence report. George Nathaniel
Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston was one of
the strongest advocates of British Imperialism
and the retention and expansion of the Empire. It
was the actions of Men such as Curzon
that the Nazi Germans used to justify their
actions against Christians and Jews that have
been dubbed the Holocaust. Despite the repugnance
I have for British propaganda this book is useful
in that Curzon makes solid well documented
observations that are useful in the study of
Persia. |
Curzon's First Wife
Mary Leiter Curzon 1870-1906
Franz von Lenbach (1836-1904)
Oil on board, 1901
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution,
Washington, D.C.
Bequest of Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
http://portraits.npg.si.edu/img1/img1a/9600188a.jpg
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Curzon's Second Wife
Grace Elvina Mrs. George Nathaniel Curzon
(Grace Elvina, Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston)
John Singer Sargent -- American
painter 1925
The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Oil on canvas 127.0 x 92.7 cm (50 7/8 x 36 1/8
in) Jpg:
The
Currier Gallery of Art
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Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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