Description | Correspondence from George Nathaniel Curzon [1859-1925, politician, traveller, and viceroy of India].
/1 Letter from Curzon to Oliver Lodge, written from 1 Carlton House Terrace, London, dated 7 August 1907. Curzon responds to Lodge's invitation to stay when he is in Birmingham.
/2 Letter from Curzon to Oliver Lodge, written from Las Palmas, dated 8 December 1908. Curzon asks for Lodge's opinion on the question of degrees for women.
/3 Letter from Curzon to Oliver Lodge, written from Hackwood, Basingstoke, dated 15 November 1914, with envelope. Curzon concurs in Lodge's 'righteous wrath', complaining of 'official pedantry' after his footman was rejected for military service due to his eyesight and a slight varicose vein. |
Administrative History | George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859โ1925) was politician, traveller, and viceroy of India. At the time of these letters, he was appointed chancellor of Oxford University in March 1907 and joined the House of Lords in January 1908. |