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'''Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale''' (3 July 1898 – 1977) was an English peer and landowner, a member of the [[House of Lords]] for more than fifty years.
==Life==
Curzon was a son of Colonel Alfred Nathaniel Curzon, by his marriage to Henrietta Mary Montagu. He was also a nephew of [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]], head of the family.<ref name=burke>[[Burke's Peerage]], volume 3 (2003), p. 3540</ref>
The young Curzon was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], commissioned into the [[Royal Scots Greys]], and saw active service in the final months of the First World War, in France and Belgium, then after the Armistice of November 1918 in Germany, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. In 1923, he was appointed as Honorary Attaché to the British embassy in Rome.<ref> Gerald Gliddon, ''The Aristocracy and the Great War'' (Gliddon Books, 2002), p. 80</ref>
As his uncle’s two marriages had produced only three daughters, it had slowly become clear that Curzon was the heir presumptive to the family estates based on [[Kedleston Hall]] in [[Derbyshire]], a [[baronetcy]], and the peerage of [[Baron Scarsdale]]. His uncle was also given other peerages, and in 1911 was created [[Viscount Scarsdale]], with a [[remainder (law)|special remainder]] to his father and his father’s heirs male. On the death of Marquess Curzon in 1925, Richard Nathaniel Curzon duly became head of the Curzon family. His inheritance included Kedleston Hall and the baronetcy created for his ancestor [[Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet| Sir John Curzon]] (1598–1686).<ref name=burke/>
On 14 April 1923, Curzon married firstly Mildred Carson Dunbar, a daughter of William Roland Dunbar. They had four daughters and were divorced in 1946. On 10 August of that year he married secondly Ottilie Margarete Julie Pretzlik, daughter of Charles Pretzlik and Ottilie Hennig, but had no further children.<ref name=burke/> His daughters were:
*Anne Mildred Curzon (born 1923), who in 1942 married Major W. J. L. Willson, son of Sir Walter Willson, and had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=burke/>
*Gloria Mary Curzon (1927–1979), who in 1951 married J. G. Bearman and had two sons.<ref name=burke/>
*Juliana Eveline Curzon (1928–2006), who I. 1948 married firstly G. D. S. Smith, and had two daughters and a son before they were divorced. She was later married to Frederick Nettleford (1953–1956), [[Cunliffe-Owen baronets|Sir Dudley Cunliffe-Owen]] (1956–1962) and John Roberts (1962–1972).<ref name=burke/>
*Diana Geraldine Curzon (1934–2013)<ref name=burke/>
Scarsdale returned to the army in the Second World War, as a Captain in the [[Derbyshire Yeomanry]], and was awarded the [[Territorial Decoration]]. He was also appointed Commander of the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].<ref name=burke/>
On his death in 1977, Lord Scarsdale was succeeded by a cousin, [[Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale|Francis Curzon]].<ref name=burke/>
==Notes==
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of England]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of St John]]
[[Category:Derbyshire Yeomanry officers]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Royal Scots Greys officers]]
[[Category:Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Curzon family|Richard Nathaniel]]
'''Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale''' (3 July 1898 – 1977) was an English peer and landowner, a member of the [[House of Lords]] for more than fifty years.
==Life==
Curzon was a son of Colonel Alfred Nathaniel Curzon, by his marriage to Henrietta Mary Montagu. He was also a nephew of [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]], head of the family.<ref name=burke>[[Burke's Peerage]], volume 3 (2003), p. 3540</ref>
The young Curzon was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], commissioned into the [[Royal Scots Greys]], and saw active service in the final months of the First World War, in France and Belgium, then after the Armistice of November 1918 in Germany, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. In 1923, he was appointed as Honorary Attaché to the British embassy in Rome.<ref> Gerald Gliddon, ''The Aristocracy and the Great War'' (Gliddon Books, 2002), p. 80</ref>
As his uncle’s two marriages had produced only three daughters, it had slowly become clear that Curzon was the heir presumptive to the family estates based on [[Kedleston Hall]] in [[Derbyshire]], a [[baronetcy]], and the peerage of [[Baron Scarsdale]]. His uncle was also given other peerages, and in 1911 was created [[Viscount Scarsdale]], with a [[remainder (law)|special remainder]] to his father and his father’s heirs male. On the death of Marquess Curzon in 1925, Richard Nathaniel Curzon duly became head of the Curzon family. His inheritance included Kedleston Hall and the baronetcy created for his ancestor [[Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet| Sir John Curzon]] (1598–1686).<ref name=burke/>
On 14 April 1923, Curzon married firstly Mildred Carson Dunbar, a daughter of William Roland Dunbar. They had four daughters and were divorced in 1946. On 10 August of that year he married secondly Ottilie Margarete Julie Pretzlik, daughter of Charles Pretzlik and Ottilie Hennig, but had no further children.<ref name=burke/> His daughters were:
*Anne Mildred Curzon (born 1923), who in 1942 married Major W. J. L. Willson, son of Sir Walter Willson, and had two sons and a daughter.<ref name=burke/>
*Gloria Mary Curzon (1927–1979), who in 1951 married J. G. Bearman and had two sons.<ref name=burke/>
*Juliana Eveline Curzon (1928–2006), who I. 1948 married firstly G. D. S. Smith, and had two daughters and a son before they were divorced. She was later married to Frederick Nettleford (1953–1956), [[Cunliffe-Owen baronets|Sir Dudley Cunliffe-Owen]] (1956–1962) and John Roberts (1962–1972).<ref name=burke/>
*Diana Geraldine Curzon (1934–2013)<ref name=burke/>
Scarsdale returned to the army in the Second World War, as a Captain in the [[Derbyshire Yeomanry]], and was awarded the [[Territorial Decoration]]. He was also appointed Commander of the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem]].<ref name=burke/>
On his death in 1977, Lord Scarsdale was succeeded by a cousin, [[Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale|Francis Curzon]].<ref name=burke/>
==Notes==
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of England]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of St John]]
[[Category:Derbyshire Yeomanry officers]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:People educated at Eton College]]
[[Category:Royal Scots Greys officers]]
[[Category:Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Curzon family|Richard Nathaniel]]
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