Word: curzon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lord Curzon of Kedleston...
Further Developments: 1) Oswald Mosely, wealthy Socialist baronet and M. P., husband of Lady Cynthia, daughter of Lord Curzon, 2) "Emperor" Cooke, incendiary Coal-Laborite, took little part in the debate, but caused a sensation by remaining seated while the national anthem was played...
Anti Imperial. As the Congress drew to a close, it skidded again toward the Reds. A motion of censure against the British Empire was introduced. Extremist Harry Pollitt again rose to his feet, "The Empire means Lord Curzon or Lord Reading riding elephants! . . . It means appalling conditions in India, where workers have to be doped with opium before they will go down the mines . . . Every inch of the Empire is drenched with blood...
...three children of his second wife "are similarly provided for by their father's estate." "But," the will, written in Curzon's handwriting, continues: "I bequeath to each of them the sum of $25,000 as proof of my affection...
...nephew, the Viscount Scarsdale, is enjoined to preserve the estate and tradition of Kedleston. In words which recalled the famous Oxonian jibe: "I am George Nathaniel Curzon, a really most superior person," he urges his nephew and successor, the present Viscount Scarsdale, to preserve the estate of Kedleston and the traditions of the family...