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) 

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