Vicereine of India.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1870, Mary Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, early partner of Marshall Field.Mary grew up in Washington, D.C.and in 1895, after a two-year engagement, she married George Nathaniel Curzon. In 1898 Mary Curzon became the vicereine of India, which was then the highest political rank attained by an American woman. The Indian poet, Ram Sharma referred to her in his welcome address to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, as:
"A rose of roses bright
A vision of embodied light."
Another declared her to be:
"Like a diamond set in gold
the full moon in a clear autumnal sky."
She died in London on July 18, 1906.
had 3 daughters, Mary Irene (later Lady Ravensdale), in 1896, Cynthia Blanche (first wife of Sir Oswald Mosley), on 23 August 1898, lastly, Alexandra Naldera, on April 20, 1904 (wife of Edward "Fruity" Metcalfe, the best friend, best man and equerry of Edward VIII); best known as Baba Metcalfe.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1870, Mary Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, early partner of Marshall Field.Mary grew up in Washington, D.C.and in 1895, after a two-year engagement, she married George Nathaniel Curzon. In 1898 Mary Curzon became the vicereine of India, which was then the highest political rank attained by an American woman. The Indian poet, Ram Sharma referred to her in his welcome address to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, as:
"A rose of roses bright
A vision of embodied light."
Another declared her to be:
"Like a diamond set in gold
the full moon in a clear autumnal sky."
She died in London on July 18, 1906.
had 3 daughters, Mary Irene (later Lady Ravensdale), in 1896, Cynthia Blanche (first wife of Sir Oswald Mosley), on 23 August 1898, lastly, Alexandra Naldera, on April 20, 1904 (wife of Edward "Fruity" Metcalfe, the best friend, best man and equerry of Edward VIII); best known as Baba Metcalfe.
Vicereine of India.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1870, Mary Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, early partner of Marshall Field.Mary grew up in Washington, D.C.and in 1895, after a two-year engagement, she married George Nathaniel Curzon. In 1898 Mary Curzon became the vicereine of India, which was then the highest political rank attained by an American woman. The Indian poet, Ram Sharma referred to her in his welcome address to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, as:
"A rose of roses bright
A vision of embodied light."
Another declared her to be:
"Like a diamond set in gold
the full moon in a clear autumnal sky."
She died in London on July 18, 1906.
had 3 daughters, Mary Irene (later Lady Ravensdale), in 1896, Cynthia Blanche (first wife of Sir Oswald Mosley), on 23 August 1898, lastly, Alexandra Naldera, on April 20, 1904 (wife of Edward "Fruity" Metcalfe, the best friend, best man and equerry of Edward VIII); best known as Baba Metcalfe.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1870, Mary Leiter was the daughter of Levi Z. Leiter, early partner of Marshall Field.Mary grew up in Washington, D.C.and in 1895, after a two-year engagement, she married George Nathaniel Curzon. In 1898 Mary Curzon became the vicereine of India, which was then the highest political rank attained by an American woman. The Indian poet, Ram Sharma referred to her in his welcome address to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, as:
"A rose of roses bright
A vision of embodied light."
Another declared her to be:
"Like a diamond set in gold
the full moon in a clear autumnal sky."
She died in London on July 18, 1906.
had 3 daughters, Mary Irene (later Lady Ravensdale), in 1896, Cynthia Blanche (first wife of Sir Oswald Mosley), on 23 August 1898, lastly, Alexandra Naldera, on April 20, 1904 (wife of Edward "Fruity" Metcalfe, the best friend, best man and equerry of Edward VIII); best known as Baba Metcalfe.
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