Word: minto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gentleman who only jumped hedges Viceroy Curzon then wrote a letter, offering to sell him 60 horses, six state landaus and other equipment of the Viceregal stables at extortionate prices. This was followed by a curt Curzon cable: unless Lord Minto accepted the terms by return cable Curzon would sell everything privately. From her husband's diary of that date Lady Minto quotes...
...apologies for that dazzling snob the late Lord Curzon there is no end.* Last week, however, the Dowager Countess of Minto, whose husband was Curzon's immediate successor as Viceroy of India, released memoirs in which she raked Curzon of Kedleston as only an outraged peeress can without breach of taste...
Like the Royal Family, the Mintos are horsy people. Lady Minto records with quivering indignation that, when Curzon was told of her husband's appointment as Viceroy of India, he observed, "Imagine sending to succeed me a gentleman who only jumps hedges...
...Great Snob Curzon had no pity on poor horsy Minto. The Countess, again quoting her late husband's diary, records an inimitable Curzon snub to the new Viceroy as he reached India...
...were ready, assembled on the deck," wrote Lord Minto, "but no one appeared to represent the Bombay Government. We had expected an official reception. Our surprise was great when the pilot arrived with a message that the official landing had been canceled...