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Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett 1854-1932, Irish statesman and agricultural reformer. Educated in England, Plunkett spent 10 years (1879-89) in Wyoming as a cattle rancher. Returning to Ireland, he became an ardent exponent of farming cooperatives. His work was highly important in the face of the seriou... Read more
George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Marquess
George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Marquess , 1859-1925, British statesman. A member of the minor aristocracy, he attended Eton and Oxford. From his university days onward, he earned a reputation for an unusually high intelligence mingled with an enormous ego, snobbery, and pomposity. ... Read more
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband 1863-1942, British explorer, b. India. He explored Manchuria in 1886. The following year he journeyed from China to India, crossing the Gobi desert and the Mustagh Pass (alt. c.19,000 ft/5,791 m) of the Karakorum range. Lord Curzon , the British viceroy in India, se... Read more
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley , 1896-1980, British fascist leader. He entered (1918) Parliament as a Conservative, became (1922) an independent, and then joined (1924) the Labour party. He was junior minister in the Labour government of 1929 but resigned (1930) when the cabinet rejected his economic prop... Read more
Horatio Herbert Kitchener Kitchener, 1st Earl
Horatio Herbert Kitchener Kitchener, 1st Earl , 1850-1916, British field marshal and statesman. Trained at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1868-70), he had a brief period of service in the French army before being commissioned (1871) in the Royal Engineers. After duty in Palestine and Cyprus, ... Read more
Poland
Poland Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine in the east, and on th... Read more
India
India officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c.9,500 mi/15,290 km long) stretches from the Arabian Se... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Curzon"

George Nathaniel Curzon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography George Nathaniel Curzon The English statesman George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925), served as viceroy of India and as a member of several Cabinets. High offices in the British political and imperial structure...
George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Marquess
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston, 1st Marquess , 1859-1925, British statesman. A...supported by the home government. After his return to England, Curzon became (1907) chancellor of the Univ. of Oxford and was created...
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon (1859–1925). Curzon became an authority on the East through travelling extensively in the 1880s, and a passionate advocate of British imperial power. His main contribution to that came...
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess of Kedleston
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess of Kedleston (1859–1925) British...in Asia before becoming Viceroy of India (1899–1905). Lord Curzon carried out many reforms in India before resigning as a result of an argument...
Curzon Line
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II Curzon Line, see Polish–Soviet frontier .
Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett 1854-1932, Irish statesman and agricultural reformer. Educated in England, Plunkett spent 10 years (1879-89...
Polish–Soviet frontier
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...at Spa that it became known as the Curzon Line, so-named after the then British foreign secretary. However, the Curzon Line remained undefined in eastern...a frontier considerably east of the Curzon Line. For the Poles this closed the...
Poland
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...a Polish-Soviet conflict established the "Curzon line" (named for George Nathaniel Curzon, the British statesman who proposed it...Poland, and a boundary well to the east of the Curzon line prevailed until World War II. At the Yalta...
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...there earlier, Younghusband had met George Curzon, traveling privately in Asia. In 1903 Curzon, then viceroy of India, chose Younghusband...Brodrick, who suspected he had flouted orders at Curzon's instigation, Younghusband though awarded...
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...British Union of Fascists, modeled upon the German and Italian fascist parties. Married first to Lady Cynthia Curzon, daughter of Lord Curzon , after her death he married (1936) his mistress, Diana Mitford Guinness (1910-2003), sister of the...

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Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925) British statesman. As...George's tendency to conduct foreign affairs himself irritated Curzon, who joined the Conservative rebellion in 1922 against the...
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquis Curzon (1859–1925). Curzon became an authority on the East through travelling extensively in the 1880s. He was sent to India as viceroy in 1899, where he worked hard to further the interests...
Curzon Line
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Curzon Line The border between Soviet Russia and...named after the British Foreign Secretary Curzon . According to the principle of national...Germany in September 1939 roughly along the Curzon Line, and it became the basis for Poland...
Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquess of Kedleston
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquess of Kedleston (b. 11 Jan. 1859, d. 20 Mar...due to the interference of Lloyd George, although his name was given to the Curzon Line – the proposed boundary between Poland and Russia in 1920...
Curzon Committee
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Curzon Committee. See TATE GALLERY .
Curzon, (Sir) Clifford (Michael)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Curzon, (Sir) Clifford (Michael) ( b London, 1907; d London, 1982). Eng. pianist. In 1923 was a soloist in Bach triple concerto...
Tate Gallery
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...Gallery; and secondly, the deliberations of the Curzon Committee (chaired by Lord Curzon), set up in 1911 to enquire into various matters...influence upon our younger painters.’ The Curzon Committee's report happily coincided with Sir...
Russo-Polish War
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Poland's nationalist president, Pilsudski , refused to accept the Curzon Line as its eastern border, and demanded instead the restoration of the...gained a new eastern border around 200 km (120 miles) to the east of the Curzon Line .
Wilcox, Herbert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...d) 1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square (A Yank in London ) (+ d) 1946 Piccadilly Incident (+ d) 1947 The Courtneys of Curzon Street (Kathy's Love Affair ) (+ d) 1948 Spring in Park Lane (+ d); Elizabeth of Ladymead (+ d) 1949 Maytime in Mayfair...
Teheran Conference
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...s new western border should be at the Oder River and that the eastern one follow the lines drafted by British diplomat Lord Curzon in 1919. The conference tacitly concurred in Stalin's conquests of 1939 and 1940, these being Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania...

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Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East 1916-19.(Review)
Magazine article from: Middle Eastern Studies; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East...Committee and which were chaired by Lord Curzon, a member of the War Cabinet without departmental...responsibilities. Theoretically, therefore, Curzon was in a position from which, even if he...
Curzon crush Rail' hearts.
Newspaper article from: Harrogate Advertiser (Harrogate, England); 3/29/2008; 700+ words ; ...gut wrenching 4-2 defeat at home to Curzon Ashton on Saturday in Division One North...time before James Ogoo's header gave Curzon a 59th minute lead. Richard 'Scooby...at least as good as promotion chasing Curzon throughout the 90 minutes. How Rail...
Modern History and Politics: Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East, 1916-1919
Magazine article from: The Middle East Journal; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East...the author analyzes the contribution of Lord Curzon to the formulation of British policy in the Arabian Peninsula. He discusses Curzon's differences with members of the British Cabinet...
James G. Parker, Lord Curzon 1859-1925: A Bibliography.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 3/22/1993; ; 700+ words ; James G. Parker, Lord Curzon 1859-1925: A Bibliography (Greenwood...124 pp., $49.50 cloth. Lord Curzon's long career in and out of politics...and secondary materials in his Lord Curzon 1859-1925: A Bibliography--the...
"Duty, desire to learn, and a mission from the Times": Lord Curzon and his travel writings.
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 9/22/1992; ; 700+ words ; George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925), later Lord Curzon of Kedleston, was elected to the, House of Commons in...most firmly in the public mind. A series of trips carried Curzon twice around the world, and into Central Asia from three...
Who will save city's Curzon Street station?(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/3/2007; 700+ words ; ...find a use for it. The Grade I listed Curzon Street station will have boards nailed...to find a suitable use for the site. Curzon Street Station, designed by Philip Hardwicke...Personally, I had aspirations to see Curzon Street as a permanent venue for photography...
Lord Curzon: The Last of the British Moghuls.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/1994; ; 700+ words ; Nyana Goradia begins her study of Lord Curzon with a prologue that retells the story of Curzon's being passed over for the premiership in...Bonar Law in 1923. The prologue concludes with Curzon's wife, Grace, saying that her husband...
CLIFFORD CURZON: DECCA RECORDINGS 1944-1970: VOLUME 4
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; CLIFFORD CURZON: DECCA RECORDINGS 1944-1970: VOLUME 4 * Clifford Curzon (pn); Hans Knappertsbusch, cond;1 Vienna PO...Wanderer." SCHUMANN Fantasy. Kinderszenen Clifford Curzon is widely regarded as standing among the most thoughtful...
Heir to Curzon title faces jail for theft of [pounds sterling]117,000 cheque; Student weeps in court as he admits huge fraud.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 8/16/2006; 700+ words ; ...000 made out to a neighbour. Andrew Curzon, the grandson of the late 3rd Viscount...NatWest were immediately suspicious and told Curzon to come back in a week to check that the...teenager was arrested on his return. Curzon initially told police he had thrown away...
Curzon.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 12/17/1994; 700+ words ; CURZON. By David Gilmour. John Murray; 608 pages...how to get on with them. George Nathaniel Curzon, a great British statesman, was such a...himself, has written an elegant biography of Curzon. Based on solid research, it looks at...