Evening star., 1925-03-20
Succumbs to Pneumonia
in Fake of Operation.
Was 66 Years Old.
Lore OF Country Brought
Many Honors-First
wife Was Letter.

came hafCn ., Nnen re COlI6DSeu
vh!le dressing for public dinner at
Cambridge. at which Re was to have
delivered q speech. The collapse was
marked by faintness and a nasal
ne emorrhags
An operation was performed four
days later in London, but the nature
or the trouble was not given out. The
regular medical bulletins regarding Z
his condition, also failed to name tn
malady. but "bla oder trouble" was
generally given as the cause of his
collapse.
Friends Realized Gravity.
When the necessity for the opera :
ton was announced his friends recos-
niZed that ii would be serious for 2
man offhis aee and condition. Never
theless, Lord Curzon stood the ordeal
better than had been expected: for
some days the bulletins Of the physi-
clans announced that he was holdine
his own and even indicated pros
pect for recovery.
A marked change came. however. on
last Sunday. after bad night and
increasing weakness
Anxiety continually increased. and
last night those watching his prog
ress at his home. in Carlton House
Terrace. where he had lain since the
operation. were convinced that he
was passing away.
Death came quietly. ending a career
which was notable in many ways
Opinion necessarily Is much divided
with regard TO the political acts of
the marquis, but II is conceded that
whatever verdict history eventually
passes upon him, il cannot be de-
MED that he was a great statesman
who spent a large part OF his life
in devoted service TO his country
a service the demands OF which un-
Weakened his physique
which never was very strong
wea Man. Hesors.
country and the Conservative party.
of the leaders. brought him many
worldly honors. His title of the
Marauisate and the Earldom OF
kedleston became extinct through,
his death, he having no son to in
herit them. His Barony OF Ravens
dale. in the peeraee 70 Ireland, passes
to Lady Irene Curzon. a daughter
by his first wife, who was Mary
Letter of Chicago. Lady Irene thus
becomes Baroness Ravensdale in her
own right.
Curzon's title of Viscount OF Scars
dale goes to his brother. the Hon.
Francis Curzon, who was born in
1855. The title OF Niscount of Scars
dale was inherited by Lord Curzon
from his father.
Marquis Curzon was to have been
a member OF the council of state
pire during the absence OF king
George during his trip in the Mediter-
ranean for his health
The marquis took an active part
in the election campaign last October
which eliminated in the fall of Ram
saw MacDonald's Labor government
After the election he returned TO
public ONCE as member OF the
Stanley Baldwin Conservative cabi-
net.
Early in January Marquis Curzon
made a trip to the Riviera, where he
remained a fortnight, returning 10
London February 4.
Bred For Public Life.
The Marquis Curzon George Ma
thaniel Curzon). from the cradle to
the tomb, exemplifled to perfection in
every detail the type of superior per
sonality known as the ruling aristo-
crat. He was bred for public life
and followed the career of politics
and government with such success
that he held almost every great Of
fee under the crown. except the
highest of all--the prime ministry
Ironically enough, 1t was the honors
he accumulated while working his
way toward the premiership which
more than anything else, initiated
against his ambition for the post
and. when it seemed almost surely
his, kept It from him. Had he been
80 years earlier he undoubtedls
would have become prime minister
When he came to the threshold OF
that off1ce-it waa in 1s23-the day Of
noble lords occupying No. 10 Down
ing street had set. Prime ministers
no longer were nominated from the
aristocracy. but from the Commons
Like many other younR men who
came to be statesmen OF the British
Empire and peers of the realm, Lord
Curzon was trained at Eton and Bal
liol College. oxford. At the latter
he was president of the Union, the
all-embracins students organization
many of whose leaders in after life
became prominent.
Upon quitting the cloisters OF Ok
ford with high honors, young Curzof
polished off his university education
with travel He had the leisure ant
the purse and the purpose of gentle
man and travelled with thoroushness
Entered Poittrs IN 1855.
Returning home in 1885, he entered
notifies as one OF the private secre
taries of Marquis Salisbury. then th'
nrimesmfnister He stood for Parlia
ment imme mediately in South Derby
shire. but was defeated. Then turn
ing to the constituency of the South
mort division OF Lancashire, he wa
elected and continued to represen n
that division until 1898, when n
was made baron. In his sixth yea
ian the House of Commons Curzoi
received post in the government
being made unhersecretary OF stat
for India. At that time he was onl'
80 wears old His political achieve
ments brought him promotion t,
undersecretary Of state for foreign
affairs. and a few months after h
was made baron in 1898 he was sen
to India as viceroy and govern or gen
srsI. a post he retained until 1905
Lord Curzon made notable recor,
in India, his regime having beei
h,shlv satisfactory to both the rulin,
race and the native.
In the years that followed man,
bhnors were conferred upon him. Il
1911 the King raised him to vlscount
Led House Of Lords.
Lord Curzon was named one o
the imperial war cabinet members II
the Lloyd George coalition govern
ment and was made leader OF th'
House of Lords in 1915 He con
tiuued in that position throushou
the war and the reconstruction period
He became secretary of state 70
foreign affairs in 1919 and continues