Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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The title Marquess Curzon of Kedleston was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1921 for the Foreign Secretary, the 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston. The title became extinct upon his death four years later.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston bore the subsidiary titles Earl Curzon of Kedleston, in the County of Derby (1911), Earl of Kedleston, in the County of Derby (1921), Viscount Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby (1911), and Baron Ravensdale, of Ravensdale in the County of Derby (1911), in the Peerage of the UK, as well as Baron Scarsdale, of Scarsdale in the County of Derby (1761), in the Peerage of Great Britain (inherited in 1916), and Baron Curzon of Kedleston, in the County of Derby (1898), in the Peerage of Ireland.
Upon Lord Curzon of Kedleston's death, the Marquessate, Earldom and Barony of Curzon of Kedleston and the Earldom of Kedleston became extinct. The Viscountcy and Barony of Scarsdale were inherited by his heir male, a nephew, while the Barony of Ravensdale was inherited by his eldest daughter, Lady Irene Curzon.
