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]
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