Evening star., 1923-05-01
HIGHER Titles of CurZOn to Pass Out
Upon His Death, as He Has No Son

,niership. They insisted that they
ought to be left free 10 waive their
succession to the family peerages II
they saw fit. and that they should be
at liberty to decline to respond to
the summons of the crown, calling
them to the house of lords as right
full heirs to the vacant honors;
The highest legal authorities IN
that there was no escape for these
sons and heirs of the late Lord scars
dale. Of the late Lord Coldridge ana oil
the late Lord Middleton, and that from
the very moment when tneiF lalnei
died, they became Nolens Nolems, IN
vested with the advantages and the
disadvantages of a peerage OF ne reahn'
and thus ineligible to the house OF com,
mons. and what is worse, preciuded
from taking any part in parliameh-
tary election.
Lord Curzon inherited in 1916 the
barony of Scarsdale, at first created
by George III in the second year OF
his reign, for Sir Nathaniel Curzon.
owner of a baronetcy which Charles
had granted TO his forebear, Sir
John Curzon of Kedleston, near Der
by-an estate eytendeing over some
$4,000 acres, which today mas peeh
in the possession of Lord Cufzoh
ancestors for over eight centuries
The mansion. which is of the pala-
tial order, always reminds Lord 1ur
zon of his viceroyelty OF India since
Government House, at Calcutta, Is an
almost exact reproduction of kcdles-
ton-designed, indeed, by the same
architect. 1t measures some 400 feet
from wing to wing. consists OF CEN
trail block with two wings ana mas
two broad flights of stone steps Head
ing UP to portico supported by SIX
lofty Corinthian columns. Some idea
Of the size OF the place may be de-
rived from the fact that the tympa-
mum supported by these columns are are
those in the Pantheon, at Rome over
thirty feet high and three feet IN
diameter. The great hall, which torms
mart Of the state apartments, meas
is forty-five feet high and contains
twenty Corinthian columns or the
most wonderful alabaster two feet
six inches in diameter ana thirty rect
high.
In keeping, particularly the dining
room. at one end of which is a gl-
gantic wine cooler Of solid Sicilian
Jasper. signed by Stuart. 1t would
take columns to describe the magniti-
cence of Kedleston. which ranks in
grandeur with Chatsworth, Wenti
worth. stowe and those other mags0
nificent country seats of England
which deserve the name of palaces.
rather than of halls or of manors.
Lord Curzon is by no means the
only representative of his family in
the house of lords. other members of
which who occupy seats there being
the Earl of Howe. and when Lady
Zouche. peeress in her own right,
died, then by her son and heir. who
fought throughout the war as an
officer of the Coldstream Guards.
l have seen it stated in print that
Lord Curzon is merely the chief Of
one Of the junior branches OF the
, house of Curzon. This is an error
For the Earl of Howe, whose sailor
son and heir bears the courtesy title
Of Viscount Curzon, is descended
from the second son of Sir Nathaniel
Curzon Of Kedleston. fourth baronet
of his line. while the future Lord
Zouche is also descended from one of
the Curzons of Kedleston, of. whom
the marquis. as in his capacity as
Lord Scarsdale and as owner Of the
entailed ancestral estate OF Kedle-
ston. is the acknowledged head.