or Lord Curzon
born Jan. 11, 1859, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire, Eng.
died March 20, 1925, London
British viceroy of India (1898–1905) and foreign secretary (1919–24).
Eldest son of a baron, he studied at Oxford and entered Parliament in 1886. A world tour left him with an infatuation for Asia, and in 1891 he became undersecretary of state for India; he was named viceroy in 1898. There he reduced taxes and ordered immediate punishment of any Briton who ill-treated Indian nationals. He presided over the unpopular Partition of Bengal and resigned after a clash with Lord Kitchener . He later served in the cabinets of H.H. Asquith and David Lloyd George .