Chronology

1859	Birth of Curzon on 11 January
1869–72	Wixenford School
1872–8	Eton College
1875	Death of Lady Scarsdale
1878–82	Balliol College, Oxford
1882–3	Travels in the Near East
1883	Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
1885	Conservative candidate for South Derbyshire
1886	Elected MP for Southport	Salisbury forms his 2nd Government in August
1887–8	Journey round the world
1888	Travels in Central Asia
1889	Publication of Russia in Central Asia in 1889
1889–90	Travels in Persia
1891–2	Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India
1892	Publication of Persia and the Persian Question Sets off on 2nd journey round the world	Conservatives defeated in July. Gladstone forms his 4th Government
1893	Secret engagement to Mary Leiter
1894	Publication of Problems of the Far East Visits the Pamirs and Afghanistan
1895	Marriage to Mary Leiter in Washington Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Privy Councillor	Salisbury forms 3rd Government in June prior to winning July election
1898	Appointed Viceroy of India and created Baron Curzon of Kedleston in the peerage of Ireland
1899–1904	1st term as Viceroy and Governor-General of India
1902		Balfour succeeds Salisbury as Prime Minister
1904	Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 2nd term as Viceroy and Governor-General of India begins
1905	Resignation as Viceroy	Balfour resigns as Prime Minister in December. Campbell-Bannerman takes over and leads Liberals to electoral victory in January 1906
1906	Death of Mary
1907	Chancellor of Oxford University
1908	Elected as Representative Irish Peer with a seat in the House of Lords	Asquith succeeds Campbell-Bannerman as Prime Minister
1910		Narrow Liberal victories in 2 general elections
1911	Created Earl Curzon of Kedleston President of Royal Geographical Society	Parliament Bill Bonar Law succeeds Balfour as Unionist leader in the House of Commons
1915–16	Lord Privy Seal in Asquith’s Coalition Government
1916	Knight of the Garter Chairman of the Air Board Death of Lord Scarsdale
1916–19	Lord President of the Council, Leader of the House of Lords and member of Lloyd George’s War Cabinet
1917	Marriage to Mrs Grace Duggan
1919–24	Foreign Secretary
1921	Created Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1922–3	At Lausanne Conference	Bonar Law replaces Lloyd George as Prime Minister in October 1922 and is succeeded by Baldwin in May 1923
1923	Publication of Tales of Travel
1924	Leaves Foreign Office after Conservative defeat in election of December 1923 Appointed Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords in Baldwin’s 2nd Government, November
1925	Dies on 20 March