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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

1859–1925

George Nathaniel Curzon entered Parliament as a Conservative after extensive travel in Russia, Persia, Central Asia and the Far East. His writings and political career were shaped by the strategic rivalry often called the Great Game, and he served as Under-Secretary of State for India before being appointed Viceroy and Governor-General in 1899.

As viceroy Curzon pursued administrative reform and an assertive frontier policy. Concern about possible Russian influence in Tibet contributed directly to the British mission led by Francis Younghusband in 1903–1904, which became a military expedition to Lhasa. Curzon resigned in 1905 after a prolonged dispute with Commander-in-Chief Lord Kitchener and later returned to high office, serving as Foreign Secretary after the First World War.

George Curzon appears directly in John Wilcox’s Treachery in Tibet, where his determination to force contact with Tibetan authorities provides the political impetus for Simon Fonthill’s journey with the Younghusband expedition.

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Simon Fonthill in Order

by John Wilcox 13 books 4.2(4,074)

The Simon Fonthill series follows an unconventional British officer and intelligence scout through the wars and crises of the late Victorian and Edwardian empire. Beginning in southern Africa in 1879, Simon Fonthill and his Welsh comrade ‘352’ Jenkins move from regular army service into scouting, diplomacy and irregular…

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