Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, is a title in the
Peerage of the United KingdomThe Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. In that year, the Peerage of Great Britain was replaced by the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
. It was created in 1911 for the prominent
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politician and former Viceroy of India
George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of KedlestonGeorge Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.-Early life:...
, who was created
Earl Curzon of Kedleston at the same time and was later made
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. The first member of the Curzon family to hold a hereditary title was
John CurzonSir John Curzon, 1st Baronet was an English politician who represented Derbyshire in the parliamentarian cause during the Long Parliament....
, who created a
Baronet, of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (18 June 1636) and the Baronetage of England (11 August 1641). His grandson, the third Baronet, sat as a
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for
DerbyshireDerbyshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
. His younger brother, the fourth Baronet, represented
DerbyDerby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of...
,
ClitheroeClitheroe was a constituency in Lancashire.It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832, and then one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election...
and Derbyshire in the
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. His eldest son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as a Member of Parliament for Clitheroe and Derbyshire. In 1761 he was created
Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, in the
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. Lord Scarsdale later served as Chairman of Committees in the
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. His son, the second Baron, represented Derbyshire in the House of Commons. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was Rector of Kedleston.
The latter's eldest son
George CurzonGeorge Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.-Early life:...
was a distinguished
ConservativeThe Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom...
politician. On his appointment as Viceroy of India in 1898 he was created
Baron Curzon of Kedleston, in the County of Derby, in the
Peerage of IrelandThe Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. This practice ended with the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922...
, to enable him to potentially return to the House of Commons (as Irish peers did not have an automatic right to sit in the House of Lords). In the event he never returned to the House of Commons and following his return from India was elected an
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in 1908. The barony of Curzon of Kedleston was to be the last title created in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1911 Curzon was made (1)
Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his eldest daughter and the heirs of her body, failing whom to his other daughters in like manner in order of primogeniture (2)
Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his father and the male heirs of his body, and (3)
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, in the County of Derby, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. All these titles were in the
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. In 1916 he also succeeded his father in the barony of Scarsdale. In 1921 he was further honoured when he was created
Earl of Kedleston, in the County of Derby, and
Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, with remainder to the male heirs of his body. Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Lord Curzon had no sons and on his death the barony of Curzon of Kedleston, the earldoms of Curzon of Kedleston and of Kedleston and the marquessate became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of Ravensdale according to the special remainder by his daughter Mary Irene. The viscountcy of Scarsdale passed according to the special remainder to his nephew, the second Viscount, who also succeeded as sixth Baron Scarsdale and as tenth Baronet. On the second Viscount's death the titles passed to his first cousin, the third Viscount. He was the son of the Hon. Francis Nathaniel Curzon, third son of the fourth Baron. As of 2009 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Viscount Scarsdale.
As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the Viscountcy has not successfully proven his succession to the Baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage (for more information follow this
link).
Assheton CurzonAssheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon , was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:Curzon the second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet, and Mary, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baronet. Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale, was his elder brother...
, second son of the fourth Curzon Baronet, was created Viscount Curzon in 1802 and is the ancestor of the
Earls HoweEarl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively. The Howe family descended from John Grubman Howe, of Langar, Nottinghamshire. He married Annabella, illegitimate daughter of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland....
(see this title for more information).
Curzon Baronets, of Kedleston (1641)
- Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet
Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet was an English politician who represented Derbyshire in the parliamentarian cause during the Long Parliament....
(c. 1599–1686)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1640–1719)
- Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet
Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented Derbyshire.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire....
(c. 1674–1727)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire.Curzon was elected as Member of...
(c. 1676–1758)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet
Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale was an English Tory politician and peer.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet of Kedleston, and his wife Mary Assheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, Bt of Middleton Lancashire....
(1726–1804) (created Baron Scarsdale in 1761)
Barons Scarsdale (1761)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale
Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale was an English Tory politician and peer.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet of Kedleston, and his wife Mary Assheton, daughter of Sir Ralph Assheton, Bt of Middleton Lancashire....
(1726–1804)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale
Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale was an English Tory politician and peer.Curzon was the son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, and his wife Lady Carolina Colyear, daughter of Charles, Earl of Portmore....
(1751–1837)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Baron Scarsdale (1781–1856)
- Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale (1831–1916)
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Viscount Scarsdale, 5th Baron Scarsdale
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.-Early life:...
(1859–1925) – see below.
Viscounts Scarsdale (1911)
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.-Early life:...
(1859–1925)
- Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale (1898–1977)
- Francis John Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924–2000)
- Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale
Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale is the son of the 3rd Viscount Scarsdale to whose titles he succeeded in 2000. Lord Scarsdale has chosen not to take up residency at the family seat in Kedleston, but instead spends his time in the United States...
(b. 1949)
The
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is the present holder's brother, the Hon. David James Nathaniel Curzon (b. 1958)