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george curzon , 1st marquess curzon of kedleston

george nathaniel curzon , 1st marquess curzon of kedleston , kg , gcsi , gcie , pc -lrb- 11 january 1859 -- 20 march 1925 -rrb- , known as the lord curzon of kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as the earl curzon of kedleston between 1911 and 1921 , was a british conservative statesman .
as viceroy of india he was a key figure in instituting the 1905 partition of bengal , which led to a major political crisis for the british empire .
as secretary of state for foreign affairs , he drew the curzon line as the proposed eastern frontier of poland .
he was passed over as prime minister in 1923 in favour of stanley baldwin .
his character polarised opinion amongst his contemporaries , `` sow gratitude and resentment along his path with equally lavish hands '' .
he quarrelled endlessly and his arrogance and inflexibility made even more enemies .
critics have been negative in contrasting his enormous talents and energy on behalf of british imperialism with his mixed results and unrealized ambitions .
