Background
Curzon was the eldest son of Richard Curzon-Howe, 3rd Earl Howe, and his wife Isabella Katherine Anson, daughter of Major-General the Honourable George Anson.
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Richard George Penn Curzon
Edit ProfileMember of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Education
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
He served as Treasurer of the Household between 1896 and 1900 and was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra between 1903 and 1925. He became a government member when he was appointed Treasurer of the Household under Lord Salisbury in 1896, a post he held until 1900, when he inherited his father"s titles and gave up his seat in the House of Commons. From 1900 to 1903 he served as Lord-in-Waiting under Salisbury and then Arthur Balfour.
He served in that post until the Queen"s death in 1925.
Lord Howe was also a Captain in the Prince Albert"s Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, an Honorary lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd Battalion of the Leicestershire Volunteer Regiment and a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire. Lord Howe married Lady Georgiana Elizabeth Spencer-Churchill (Street James"s, 14 May 1860 – 9 February 1906), the fifth daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, on 4 June 1883 at Street George"s, Hanover Square.
They had one son, Francis. After his first wife"s death in 1906, Curzon married Florence, Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, in 1919.
The Countess Howe died in February 1961.
Achievements
Membership
23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament.
26th United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1885, Curzon was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative Party