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Lady Curzon of Kedleston, Vicereine of India, c. 1902. by Franz von Lenbach. Her husband accepted the position of Viceroy of India and was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Curzon of Kedleston in the summer of 1898 at age thirty-nine.
A portrait gallery of Mary, the American-born wife of George Curzon, the Viceroy of India. See her photos, biography and details of her marriage and social status.
29 oct. 2023 · Learn about the Curzon family, who lived at Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire since the 1150s. Discover the life and achievements of George Nathaniel Curzon, Viceroy of India, and his wife Mary, a champion of women's health.
In 1903, Lady Mary Curzon captivated the room at the Delhi Durbar ball, wearing an exquisitely handcrafted peacock dress. This evening ball followed the Coronation Durbar in Delhi – the highpoint of Lord Curzon’s term as Viceroy of India (1899-1905).
The Peacock dress of Lady Curzon is a gown made of gold and silver thread embroidered by the Workshop of Kishan Chand (India), and designed by Jean-Philippe Worth for Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston to celebrate the 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra at the second Delhi Durbar in 1903. [1]
25 juin 2021 · The dress is over one hundred years old but it still able to captivate the room, much as it did when Lady Curzon wore it to the Delhi Durbar ball in 1903. It was designed not only as a beautiful object of fashion, but also as a deliberate political statement expressing British colonial power .’
23 mai 2024 · Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon (born May 27, 1870, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died July 18, 1906, London, Eng.) was an American-born vicereine of India who, by virtue of her marriage, long held the highest political rank gained by an American woman.
