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...beginning of the month, Lord Curzon went to Cambridge and, while dressing for a public dinner, collapsed. All his immediate engagements were canceled and he was removed to London, where he underwent a serious operation. His condition remained serious and with little improvement for about a week, when he took a turn for the worse, dying at 5:35 a.m. on the 15th day of his fatal malady...
...halt its presses and print a single copy of a special edition, called by the British press "the bedside edition," wherein was described his "great improvement" and the certainty of his early convalescence?but all in vain; the "bedside edition" was hardly wet with its ink before Lord Curzon had expired. It was a considerate and sporting gesture...
...death of Lord Curzon removes from British public life a great imperialist, great in name and great in ability. As plain George Curzon he went to Eton where Esher, Minto, Balfour, the Beresfords, Midleton, Rosebery?all men who have left their mark on the pages of Britain's recent history?were closing the chapters of their Eton life. From Eton he went to Oxford's scholar college, Balliol, where like Lord Oxford and Asquith, he carved a brilliant academic career...
...George Curzon at Eton and Oxford was noted for a bluntness of speech and an arrogance of manner that won him few close friends; but those he won were those that understood him and could appreciate the inner qualities of a remarkable character. As he tobogganed down the easy road of his life and grew just as easily to fame, not many of his enemies could refuse to admit the brilliance of his intellect. He was learned in an exceptional degree, courageous in his opinions and could do three ordinary men's work with comparative ease and great enthusiasm...
...introduced extensive schemes of irrigation, reformed the entire administrative functions of Government, worked assiduously to broaden the educational system of the country. Under Lloyd George, he was Foreign Secretary in the most momentous period of Europe's history; but, as Mr. George was largely his own Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon had to keep much in the background. Under Bonar Law and later in Mr. Baldwin's first administration, he was Foreign Secretary in the full sense, but there was no notable change in Britain's foreign policy and Lord Curzon's long term in that office was distinguished...