Curzon Collection

The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927
The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M

Lord Curzon as Viceroy
George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon as Viceroy of India

Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie
The assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Colonialism / Lord Curzon
GEORGE NATHANIEL, MARQUESS Lord Curzon of Kedleston with the Maharaja of Rewa and Captain Wigram " in the jungle with his bag of tigers"

Wedding of Nicholas Mosley
Marriage of Nicholas Mosley (born 1923) to Miss Rosemary Salmond, daughter of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond

Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII

Lady Curzon of Kedleston and her children, 1917
Tatler front cover featuring Mrs Alfred Duggan, born Grace Elvina Hinds (1879-1958daughter of Mr. Monroe Hinds, the second wife of George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston)

Sir Curson Wyllie
Sir WILLIAM HUTT CURZON WYLLIE administrator in India, assassinated by a student Maden Llal Dhingra whom he had befriended

Lady Alexandra Curzon marries Major E. D (Fruity) Metcalfe
Marriage of Lady Alexandra (Baba) Curzon and Major Edward Dudley (Fruity) Metcalfe at the Chapel Royal, St. Jamess in 1925

Story of the Bengal Partition and its reversal
Page from The Graphic showing two maps of North East India. The top map shows Bengal partitioned in 1905, when a large part of its former area in the east was united with Assam to form the new

Lady Georgiana Kidston
Lady Georgiana Mary Kidston (nÚÑáCurzon, later Lady Starkey) (1910-1976), Former wife of Home Ronald Archibald Kidston, and later wife of Lewis Stanton Starkey; daughter of 5th Earl Howe 1936

Earl Curzon

Earl Curzon Member of the British Coalition War Cabinet during WW1

Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India

Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India - Victorian period

India - Srinagar - Lady Curzon and HH Maharaja of Cashmere early 1900s

India - Lady Curzon in the State Barge of HH Maharaja of Cashmere early 1900s

The Entrance to Birmingham Curzon Street Railway Station - London & North Western Railway (L&NWR) - first train from London on September 17, 1838. Date: 1838

Hotel Curzon, London - Winter Gardens. Date: 1910

Curzon Street, Mayfair, London Date: 1906

WW2 - The Body In The Barrage Balloon
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, The Body In The Barrage Balloon, written by Colin Curzon. Date: circa 1942

Tomb of Lord Curzon and the First Lady Curzon. Which were commission by Sir Bertram Mackennal during Lord Curzon's own lifetime. They are to be found in Kedleston Church

The best attended private view: society and Sir John and Lady Laverys pictures. The show of pictures by Sir John and Lady Lavery at the Alpine Galleries was the smartest private view imaginable

Miss Sketch keeps a Diary - First Night of Le Bonheur
Page from The Sketch reporting on the first night of the Charles Boyer film, Le Bonheur at the Curzon cinema. Guests include Mr and Mrs Anthony Acton, Sir Michael and Lady Pamela Berry (nee Smith)

Curzon Chapel
Formerly known as Mayfair Chapel, Curzon Chapel was erected in 1730 and remained on the site until 1894. Date: 1875

Photograph of Lord Dudley Gordon unveiling a plaque commemorating the founding of IMechE on the site. At the time, being the Curzon Street goods offices of the London Midland Region

Lady Georgiana Curzon & Countess Howe by Yevonde
Mary Howe (nÚÑáCurzon), Countess Howe (1887 - 1962), First wife of 5th Earl Howe pictured right, with her daughter Lady Georgiana Mary Kidston (nÚÑáCurzon, later Lady Starkey) (1910-1976)

Countess Howe (Mary Curzon)
Countess Howe, (1887-1962) portrayed by society painter, Philip de Laszlo. She married her cousin, Viscount Curzon (Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe), MP for Battersea South

George Nathaniel Curzon, newly appointed Viceroy of India
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (1859-1925), who was styled as Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Ode of V. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) Viceroy of India - Arrogant, inflexible and was socially famous for his pronouncement that " Ladies do not move"

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859 - 1925), British Conservative statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. Date: late 1890s

Orlando, Bonar Law, Clemenceau, Curzon, Lloyd George and Sonnino in London for peace talks. Date: 1919

BUSINESS SUIT 1930S
A smart businessman in a double-breasted suit with hat and umbrella partakes in a spot of window shopping in Curzon Street, London. Date: 1930s

GEORGE CURZON / MENPES 02
GEORGE NATHANIEL LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON As Viceroy of India, with the Duchess of Connaught on the way to the retainers show Date: 1859 - 1925

GEORGE CURZON
GEORGE NATHANIEL LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON (1859 - 1925), As Viceroy of India, in his study at Delhi Date: 1902

Lord Curzon in India
Lord Curzon of Kedleston with the Maharaja of Rewa and Captain Wigram in the jungle with his bag of tigers. Date: 1903

COLONIALISM / LORD CURZON
Lord Curzon of Kedleston with the Maharaja of Rewa and Captain Wigram in the jungle with his bag of tigers. Date: 1903

Bull-Dog Drummond, a play by Sapper
Bull-Dog Drummond, a play of adventure by Sapper, at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, previously at Wyndhams Theatre, London, starring Lionel Bute

Delhi, India - Memorial outside the Old Telegraph Office
Delhi, India - Memorial to the Indian Mutiny outside the Old Telegraph Office - unveiled by Lord Curzon on April 19, 1902. Date: 1911

Wedding of Oswald Mosley and Cynthia Curzon
Wedding of Lady Cynthia Curzon and Oswald Mosley in 11 May 1920, as reported in The Sphere magazine. The left picture shows the bride leaving Carlton House Terrace with her father, Lord Curzon

Cynthia Mosley and children
Lady Cynthia Mosley, nee Curzon (1899-1933), second daughter of Lord Curzon who married Sir Oswald Mosley in 1920. Known as Cimmie

Roger Bushell and Georgiana Curzon
Guests at the wedding of Viscount Curzon and Miss Priscilla Weigall at St Pauls Cathedral. On the left is Roger Bushell, who following his capture in France as an RAF pilot in 1940

Society during the 1924 London Season
Double page spread from The Sketch featuring photographs of well-known figures in society in London for the summer season

Mr. Heywood Hill and Lady Anne Gathorne-Hardy
George Heywood Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hill of Great Orchard, Bignor, Sussex and owner of the bookshop at 10 Curzon Street, together with his wife-to-be Lady Anne Gathorne-Hardy. 1937

Lord Curzon in Robes
GEORGE NATHANIEL, first marquess CURZON of Kedleston, widely travelled diplomat and author, Viceroy of India; afflicted with chronic curvature of the spine. Date: 1859 - 1925

Anglo-Belgian war memorial unveiled, 1920
The unveiling of the Anglo-Belgian War Memorial on the Victoria Embankment, London, on 12th October 1920, the fifth anniversary of the shooting of Edith Cavell in Brussels

Society goes to see Count Michael de Torbys fashion designs
Society out in force to see the dresses designed by Count Michael de Torby, son of Grand Duke Michael, at court dressmakers, Reville and Rossiter in 1918

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