Background
Curzon was the son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, and his wife Lady Carolina Colyear, daughter of Charles, Earl of Portmore.
Curzon was the son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Lord Scarsdale of Kedleston Hall, and his wife Lady Carolina Colyear, daughter of Charles, Earl of Portmore.
In 1804 he succeeded his father to the title Lord Scarsdale. Curzon married, in July 1777 Sophia-Susanna, daughter of Edward, Viscount Wentworth, there were 3 children of the marriage. After her death in 1782 he re-married at Hamburg in 1798 to Felicite Anne Josephe de Wattines and they had another ten children.
Curzon was elected as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire in 1775 and held the seat until 1784.