George Curzon

George Curzon    (politician, diplomat)
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”  Chancellor of the University of Oxford In office 1907 - 1925  Viceroy and Governor-General of India In office 6 January 1899 - 18 November 1905  Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs  In office 23 October 1919 - 22 January 1924 Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald  Leader of the House of Lords  In office 3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925 Preceded by Richard Haldane  Leader of the House of Lords  In office 10 December 1916 - 22 January 1924 Succeeded by Richard Haldane  Lord President of the Council In office 10 December 1916 - 23 October 1919 Succeeded by Arthur Balfour  Lord President of the Council In office 3 November 1924 - 20 March 1925  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) 

“[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

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