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Divorced. By Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, the Marquess of Queensbury, Lady Queensbury (Irene Richards, actress) ; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: View with Alarm: Jun. 29, 1925 | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

...Duke of Marlborough?like the Dukes of Rutland and Buccleuch, the Marquess of Granby and Viscount Novar?transformed his estates into a "private, unlimited company" under the title "Blenheim Estate Co." The Duke will be the hereditary governing director with a controlling share of the stock. The other stockholder is Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, the Duke's second son. The Duke, whose first wife was Consuelo Vanderbilt, and who is one of the wealthiest peers of the realm, took this step to escape the crushing taxation which is levied upon private fortunes. The capital of the Company is about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes, Apr. 6, 1925 | 4/6/1925 | See Source »

...undefined malady, aggravated by congestion of the lungs, requiring the attendance of an urologist, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl of Kedleston, Viscount Scarsdale, Baron Ravensdale, Lord President of The Council, died last week in his London residence on Carlton House Terrace in the 67th year of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Imperialist | 3/30/1925 | See Source »

Died. George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess of Kedleston, 66, Lord President of the Council; in London, following an operation (see FOREIGN NEWS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 30, 1925 | 3/30/1925 | See Source »

...morning hour last week, a crowd collected on the left bank of the Seine, scurried along the Quai d'Orsay, hung about the Ministere des Affairs fitrangeres or French Foreign Office. Up the steps was walking the Marquess of Crewe, British Ambassador to France. "Le voila," cried a voice, choking down a morsel of the yard of bread which he carried under his arm. "C'est le rol George." "Non, non," re- sponded another, "c'est I'ambassadeur britannique." "Je vous dis. ..." The honking of an automobile horn interrupted the incipient altercation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Commission's Report | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

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