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statesman. Then there is viscount
Curzon, member of parliament for one
OF the suburban divisions of London.
and who is Tn eldest son and heir of
the Earl of Howe, his viscounty of
Curzon being one of the minor dig
mites of his father which he is per
United by long established custom to
use as Il matter of courtesy rather
than of law.
Until now Eiscount Curzon has
been mainly known to the public as
the husband of a very lovely woman.
who on frequent occasions has fig
ured as the queen of beauty in grea
historical pageants. In fact, her nus
band was completely cast into the
shadow by her loveliness and by the
admiration which she aroused among
rlch and poor. Yet Lord Curzon does
not deserve to be overlooked For
he served with considerable distinc-
ton throughout the great war. be-
ginning with his participa ton in the
activities of the British naval brigade
at Antwerp in 1914 and afterward
Joining the royal naval reserve in
Gallipoli. where he was nearly all the
time under extremely heavy fire.
Lord Curzon. while serving in the
British channel and in the Mcditer-
ranean as officer of a destroyer. de-
voted himself to learning everything
about his ship. and especially about
Its engines. and on the restoration of
peace joined the Marine Engineers
Royal Institute. of which he has just
been elected president. He is said to
know more about the technique of
internal combustion engines than
most of their constructors and has
contributed a lot of sound investiga-
ton to the future application of big
Diesel engines. In fact. Lord Cur
zon. by the eminence which he has
already achieved in the science of
ri nn ci ho fur icba Il
evidence that he will prove a very
useful citizen and as much of an
ornament from a public point of
view In the house of lords as his
beautiful wife. who is also his cou-
sin. is to London society.
Lord Curzon has an American step
mother. his father a couple of years
or SO ago having married Florence,
daughter of John II. Davis. the New
York banker, and widow of the sec
ond Marquis of Dufferin. She spent
her childhood in the region of Wash
inkton Square. New York, and at the
time Of her debut into society at
tracted much notice by her comeli-
ness and by her musical gifts.
Lord Howe and his son, Viscount
Cur7on, are descended. like the Mar
quis of Curzon. from Norman knight
Of the name of Giraline de Curzon,
who received a number of manors in
Oxfordshire and in Berkshire from
william the ConGueror and who
founded three lines. namely, the Cur
IONS of Gopsal, the Curzons Of ked-
lesion and the Curzons of Waterperry
The Curzons of Kedleston alone sur
viVe. being able to trace their descent
in an unbroken' main line from the
founder Of their house. King Charles
conferred a baronetcy on the Cur
cons of Kedleston of his day and the
second baronet married Sarah, daugn-
ter OF william Penn. cousin and
naYnesake of the founder of Pennsyl-
vahia. In this way Penn Manor. in
Buckin ghamshire, the ancestral home
of the Penn family, is today In the
possession of Richard Curzon, Earl of
Howe. Bordering on the Penn Manor
estate is the Quaker burial ground
known as Jordans, in which repose
the ashes of William Penn, the found
er of Pennsylvania, and of his two
wives.
The fourth of the Curzons of
Kedleston baronets had two sons, the
elder of whom was elevated to the
peerage as Lord Scarsdale, and was
the ancestor of the present MARQUIS
of Curzon. The younger brother,
Ashton, was created Lord Curzon in
1902. Lord Curzon's son. Penn Cur
zon,' married Sophia, Baroness Howe,
daughter and heiress of the famous
Admiral Lord Howe and niece Of the
two generals of the same name. one
of whom fell in the battle of Ticon-
derosA while the other was COM
chief of the British ar
mics in America from 1876 to 177s
The son of Sophia, Baroness Howe
and of her husband, the Hon. Penn
Curzon. inherited his paternal grand
fathers viscounty of Curzon and also
his mothers barony OF Howe and
was created Earl of Howe by King
George w on the occasion of his
coronation.