Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1911 for the Conservative politician George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon, of Kedleston, who had previously served as Viceroy of India.
George Curzon, 1st Baron Ravensdale (later 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston)
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston,, styled Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and then Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a prominent British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905.
Lord Curzon, as Viceroy of India
Curzon at Eton, 1870s
Curzon was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and was later a Prize Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
Curzon, his wife, and his staff on a tour of the Persian Gulf in 1903