| Location |
United Kingdom
|
|---|---|
| Type | Award medals › Military awards |
| Year | 1899 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Diameter | 51 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 459512 |
| References | BHM# 3643 Laurence Brown. British Historical Medals. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). Christopher Eimer. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). Robert P. Puddester; 1987. Catalogue of British India Historical Medals: Including Temperance, Shooting and Sporting Medals, Badges, and Miscellaneous Items. R.C. Senior. |
Viceroy of India - Lord & Lady Curzon
Conjoined busts of George Nathaniel Curzon with Mary Curzon left; titles around.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
★ LORD CURZON OF KEDELSTON G.M.S.I. G.M.I.E. VICEROY OF INDIA ★ LADY CURZON OF KEDELSTON ★ 1899
ALLAN WYON
Engraver: Allan Wyon
Curzon coat of arms with female supporters.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PRESENTED • BY • HIS • EXCELLENCY • THE • GOVERNOR • GENERAL
.LET. CURZON. HOLDE. WHAT. CURZON. HELDE.
Engraver: Allan Wyon
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, FBA (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), 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 is noted for the creation of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 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[ing] gratitude and resentment along his path with equally lavish hands".[1] 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.
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