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Born: 27 May 1870, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Died: 18 July 1906, London, United Kingdom. Full Name: Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston. Though she was born in America, thanks to her marriage into the British Aristocracy, Mary held the highest political rank of any American woman for part of her life.
19 gen 2021 · Leiter married Mary Theresa Carver in 1866. Mary was the daughter of Benjamin Carver, a wealthy banker from Utica, New York and a descendant of John Carver, the first president of the Plymouth Colony. The couple had four children: Joseph, Nancy, Marguerite (Daisy) and Mary Victoria.
Mary Victoria Curzon, baronessa Curzon di Kedleston, CI (nata Leiter; Chicago, 27 maggio 1870 – Londra, 18 luglio 1906), è stata una nobildonna britannica di origine americana che fu viceregina d'India, in quanto moglie di lord Curzon di Kedleston, viceré d'India.
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Mary was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, co-founder of the Marshall Field & Company retail empire. Six-foot-tall, beautiful and intelligent, Mary was a society favourite in both Great Britain and the USA. She fell in love with George Curzon, declaring 'I will have him, because I believe he needs me. I have no shame', and they married in 1895.
Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston and Vicereine of India (1870-1906), was born in America and was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, an early partner in Marshall Field and Co. After being introduced to London society, in 1895 she married George Nathaniel Curzon, a British statesman who would have an extremely successful career.
Curzon, Mary Leiter (1870–1906) Vicereine of India. Name variations: Baroness Curzon of Kedleston. Born Mary Victoria Leiter in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1870; died in London, England, on July 18, 1906; daughter of Levi Z. Leiter (a merchant and partner with Marshall Field) and Mary Theresa (Carver) Leiter (granddaughter of Judge Samuel Fish); educated by governesses, tutors, and ...
