The Right Honourable The Earl Howe GCVO TD JP |
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"South Bucks". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1896.
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Treasurer of the Household | |
In office 11 February 1896 – 4 December 1900 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
Preceded by | Marquess of Carmarthen |
Succeeded by | Victor Cavendish |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 April 1861 |
Died | 10 January 1929 | (aged 67)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Georgiana Spencer Churchill (1860–1906) (2) Florence Davis (d. 1925) (3) Lorna Curzon (d. 1961) |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe GCVO TD JP (28 April 1861 – 10 January 1929), styled Viscount Curzon between 1876 and 1900, was a British courtier and Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household between 1896 and 1900 and was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra between 1903 and 1925.
Curzon was the eldest son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, and his wife Isabella Katherine Anson, daughter of Major-General the Honourable George Anson. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
In 1885, Curzon was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe. He became a government member when he was appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury in 1896, a post he held until 1900, when he inherited his father's titles and gave up his seat in the House of Commons. From 1900 to 1903 he served as Lord-in-Waiting under Salisbury and then Arthur Balfour. In 1903 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and appointed Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra. He served in that post until the Queen's death in 1925.