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CURZON WRITES SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE
CURZON
(George, Marquis, 1859-1925, Viceroy of India and Foreign Minister)
Fine Autograph Letter signed to
Dr Samuel BICKERSTETH
(1857-1937, Canon of Leeds Minster and later Librarian of Canterbury Cathedral) saying he “remembers our previous correspondence & wish I could be of any help. I am however... in complete retirement for the present. My mourning rendering it impossible for me to take any part in public affairs. I have declined a great many similar invitations in consequence. I am assured of your respect for my reasons...”, 3 sides 8vo., on mourning paper, with original autograph envelope, The Priory, Reigate, 27th January
Curzon was Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, during which time he created the territory of Eastern Bengal and Assam. After returning to Britain, he served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1924. In the negotiations after World War I, he proposed the Curzon Line, which later became the border between Poland and the Soviet Union.
In 1895 Curzon married Mary Victoria Leiter, the daughter of Levi Ziegler Leiter, an American millionaire of German Mennonite origin and co-founder of the Chicago department store Field & Leiter (later Marshall Field). Initially, he had just married her for her money so he could save his estate but subsequently developing feelings for her. Mary had a long and nearly fatal illness near the end of summer 1904, from which she never really recovered. Falling ill again in July 1906, she died on the 18th of that month in her husband's arms, at the age of 36. It was the greatest personal loss of his life.
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
41862
£175
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