Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
Mary Victoria Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston, CI (née Leiter; 27 May 1870 – 18 July 1906) was a British aristocrat of American background who was Vicereine of India, as the wife of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India.
This article is about the wife of Lord Curzon. For their daughter, Mary Irene Curzon, see Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale.
The Baroness Curzon of Kedleston Vicereine of India
18 July 1906 (aged 36)
Carlton House Terrace, London, England
- Levi Leiter
- Mary Theresa Carver
Margaret Howard, Countess of Suffolk (sister)
In popular culture[edit]
Mary Curzon and her three daughters are considered to be part of the inspiration for the fictional characters Lady Grantham and her three daughters, particularly in respect to the inability to produce a male heir, and the importance of a woman's virtue in the Downton Abbey television series written by Julian Fellowes and produced by ITV.[29]
Lady Curzon Soup, a curry-flavored turtle soup, was named after her. In 1977 a food article in The New York Times noted its popularity in Germany and, according to a letter to the columnist, that Lady Curzon always had sherry added to it.[30]