Curzon
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Curzon may refer to:
As a British family name, it particularly refers to the Curzon family, and is an Anglo-Norman
territorial name. The Curzon family was involved in the Norman Conquest, and is named after the French town of Notre-Dame-de-Courson
in Normandy
from which they hail; their seat is at Kedleston Hall
. The people listed below do not necessarily belong to this family.
As a British family name, it particularly refers to the Curzon family, and is an Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman
The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the Norman conquest by William the Conqueror in 1066. A small number of Normans were already settled in England prior to the conquest...
territorial name. The Curzon family was involved in the Norman Conquest, and is named after the French town of Notre-Dame-de-Courson
Notre-Dame-de-Courson
-Twin towns:Notre-Dame-de-Courson is twinned with the town of Sampford Peverell in Devon, England.-References:*...
in Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
from which they hail; their seat is at Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall
Kedleston Hall is an English country house in Kedleston, Derbyshire, approximately four miles north-west of Derby, and is the seat of the Curzon family whose name originates in Notre-Dame-de-Courson in Normandy...
. The people listed below do not necessarily belong to this family.
People
- Aria CurzonAria CurzonAria Noelle Curzon is an American actress and singer. Her most famous voice roles are Ducky in The Land Before Time video series, Theresa in Recess, and Mandy Straussberg in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey...
, American voice actress - Clifford CurzonClifford CurzonSir Clifford Michael Curzon, CBE was an English pianist.-Early life:Clifford Michael Siegenberg was born in London to Michael and Constance Mary Siegenberg...
, English pianist - Ephraim CurzonEphraim CurzonEphraim Curzon was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s and '10s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and Lancashire, and at club level for Salford, playing at , or , i.e...
, English rugby league footballer - Frederic CurzonFrederic CurzonFrederic Curzon was an English composer, conductor and musician.He was born in London in 1899, and died at Bournemouth in 1973. Curzon had a life largely associated with music - besides composing, he conducted and was both a pianist and a noted organist...
, 20th-century English composer of light classical music - George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonGeorge Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of KedlestonGeorge Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...
, (1859–1925), Viceroy of India and later British Foreign Secretary - Robert Curzon, 14th Baron ZoucheRobert Curzon, 14th Baron ZoucheRobert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche , styled The Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870, was an English traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East. He was responsible for acquiring several unimportant and late Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries.Curzon was the...
(1810–73), English traveler, travel writer, and diplomat - The Earls HoweEarl HoweEarl Howe is a title that has been created twice in British history, for members of the Howe and Curzon-Howe family respectively.The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, was in 1788 for Richard Howe, but became extinct on his death in 1799....
, whose family name is Curzon and who use "Viscount Curzon" as a courtesy title - Drury Curzon Drury-LoweDrury Curzon Drury-LoweLieutenant-General Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe GCB had a distinguished military career in the 19th century British Army.He was born on 3 January 1830 at Aston Lodge in Aston-on-Trent when he was called Drury Curzon Holden...
, 19th century British army general
Ships
, a of the Royal Navy, renamed HMS Curzon between 1960 and 1975. was a of the Royal Navy, in commission from 1943 to 1946.Other
- Curzon Ashton F.C.Curzon Ashton F.C.Curzon Ashton F.C. are a football club who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One North. Nicknamed "The Blues", the club play their home games at the Tameside Stadium in Ashton-under-Lyne.-History:...
, a non-league football club from Greater Manchester, England - Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, cinema in Clevedon, England, which claims to be the oldest continually-running purpose-built cinema in the world
- Curzon Cinemas, a small cinema chain based in London, England.
- Curzon Dax, a character from the television show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Curzon LineCurzon LineThe Curzon Line was put forward by the Allied Supreme Council after World War I as a demarcation line between the Second Polish Republic and Bolshevik Russia and was supposed to serve as the basis for a future border. In the wake of World War I, which catalysed the Russian Revolution of 1917, the...
, a boundary line proposed in 1919 by Lord Curzon of Kedleston as an armistice line between Poland and Bolshevik Russia - Curzon, VendéeCurzon, VendéeCurzon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-References:*...
, a commune of the Vendée département of France - Curzon Street Station, Birmingham, UK, a former mainline railway station and the world's oldest railway architecture.
- Curzon, a cologne/parfum manufactured by Geo.F. Trumper