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GB-2014-WSA-05679 · Person · 1904-1983

Curtis, Gerald Colville Seymour, son of Sir George Seymour Curtis, K.C. S. I., a member of the Governor's Executive Council, Bombay, by Agnes Eleanor, daughter of James Grose, C. I. E., of Ootacamund, Madras; b. Sept. 3, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1923, matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1928; passed head into the Indian Civil Service 1928; Asst. Commissioner, Punjab Dec. 1929; Political Asst. and Commandant, Border Military Police, May, 1932; Asst. Political Officer, Nasirabad, May, 1933; Political Agent, Sibi, May 1933; Asst. Political Agent, Punjab Hill States, 1936; Deputy Secretary, External Affairs Dept.; Political Agent, S. Waziristan, 1943; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1942; a farmer and landowner in Essex; m. Aug. 13, 1935, Decima, daughter of Selwyn Pryor, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts.; d. 14 Feb. 1983.

GB-2014-WSA-05680 · Person · 1874-?

Curtis, Randolph Henry Wylde, son of Randolph Curtis, of Kensington, by Elizabeth Mary Hinton, daughter of Lieut. Sydenham Wylde, R. N., of Dunbar; b. March 14, 1874; adm: Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left Oct. 1890; m. Jan. 18, 1913, Katherine, third daughter of the Rt. Rev. John Martindale Speechly, D.D., Bishop of Travancore and Cochin.

GB-2014-WSA-05681 · Person · 1907-?

Curtis, Robert Foster Hunt, son of L. H. Curtis of Bloomsbury; b. 1 Mar. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Dec. 1924.

Curtys, ---, fl. 1566
GB-2014-WSA-05682 · Person · fl. 1566

CURTYS, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54009-18, 54020).

Curwen Press
GB-2014-WSA-19678 · Corporate body · 1863-1984

Founded by the Reverend John Curwen in 1863 to print sheet music, this company functioned until 1984.

Curzon, Assheton, 1730-1820
GB-2014-WSA-05683 · Person · 1730-1820

CURZON, ASSHETON, 1ST VISCOUNT CURZON, brother of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 2 Feb 1729/30; adm. Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); left 1746; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1746/7; DCL 2 Jul 1754; MP Clitheroe 1754-80, 27 Feb 1792 - 13 Aug 1794; created Baron Curzon 13 Aug 1794 and Viscount Curzon 27 Feb 1802; DL Staffordshire 1796; m. 1st, 21 Feb 1756 Esther, dau. of William Hanmer, Hanmer, Flintshire; m. 2nd, 6 Feb 1766, Dorothy, sister of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); m. 3rd, 17 Apr 1777 Anna Margaretta, widow of Barlow Trecothick MP, Alderman of London, and sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); d. 21 Mar 1820.

GB-2014-WSA-05684 · Person · 1758-1804

CURZON, HON. CHARLES WILLIAM, second son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 22 Mar 1758; adm. 23 Jan 1769; left Easter 1775; entered army as Ensign, 33rd Foot; Lieut., 9 Dec 1777; Capt., 11 Oct 1781; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 60th Foot 11 Oct 1782; half-pay 1783; d. unm. 31 Mar 1804.

GB-2014-WSA-05685 · Person · 1761-1832

CURZON, HON. DAVID FRANCIS, fourth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); bap 23 Aug 1761; adm. 22 Sep 1772; in school list Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1779; BA 1783; MA 1787; ordained; Rector of Kedleston, Derbs., from 20 Jul 1795, and of Mugginton, Derbs., from 8 Jul 1800; d. 21 Feb 1832.

Curzon, Ferdinand, 1797-1832
GB-2014-WSA-05686 · Person · 1797-1832

CURZON, FERDINAND, fifth son of Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (qv), and his second wife; b. 23 Feb 1797 (before father’s second marriage); at Repton Sch.; adm. 22 Sep 1810; left 1811; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. 1815; Ensign in the Army 16 Aug 1813; 69th Foot 18 Sep 1817; d. unm. at St Helier, Jersey 12 Jul 1832.