Montagu Curzon

The Hon. Montagu Curzon (21 September 1846 – 1 September 1907) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.


Montagu Curzon
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North
In office
1883–1885
Serving with Lord John Manners
Preceded byLord John Manners
Edwyn Burnaby
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Montagu Curzon-Howe

(1846-09-21)21 September 1846
London, England
Died1 September 1907(1907-09-01) (aged 60)
Loughborough, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Esmé FitzRoy
(m. 1886; his death 1907)
RelationsSir John Gore (grandfather)
George Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe (brother)
Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe (brother)
Sir Leicester Smyth (brother)
Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe (brother)
ChildrenMary Curzon, Lady Howe
William Montagu Curzon-Herrick
ParentsRichard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Anne Gore

Early life

Curzon was the eldest son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, by his second wife Anne, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore. George Curzon-Howe, 2nd Earl Howe, Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe and the Hon. Sir Leicester Smyth were his elder half-brothers and the Hon. Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe his younger brother. Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe was his great-grandfather.[1]

Career

Curzon was a Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was returned to Parliament for Leicestershire North in an 1883 by-election (caused by the death of Edwyn Sherard Burnaby), a seat he held until the constituency was abolished two years later.

Personal life

Curzon married in London on 19 October 1886 Esmé FitzRoy (1859–1939), the fourth daughter of Francis Horatio FitzRoy (son of Admiral Lord William FitzRoy) and his wife, the Hon. Gertrude Duncombe (second daughter of William Duncombe, 2nd Baron Feversham).[1] They had one son and one daughter:

Curzon died in Loughborough on 1 September 1907. His widow remarried to the Rev. William Arthur King, Vicar of Woodhouse, in London on 26 October 1909. She later died in Woodhouse on 25 May 1939.[3]

References

  1. "Howe, Earl (UK, 1821)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Huntingdon, Earl of (E, 1529)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Lord John Manners
Edwyn Burnaby
Member of Parliament for Leicestershire North
18831885
With: Lord John Manners
Constituency abolished
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