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[[Image:Baron Scarsdale coa.png|thumb|200px|Arms of Curzon, Barons Scarsdale]]
'''Viscount Scarsdale''', of Scarsdale in [[Derbyshire]], is a title in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. It was created in 1911 for the prominent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician and former [[Viceroy of India]] [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston]], who was created '''Earl Curzon of Kedleston''' at the same time and was later made '''Marquess Curzon of Kedleston'''.

==History==
The first member of the Curzon family to hold a hereditary title was [[Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet|John Curzon]], who was created a [[baronet]], of Kedleston in the County of Derby, in both the [[Baronetage of Nova Scotia]] (18 June 1636) and the [[Baronetage of England]] (11 August 1641).<ref name=Cokayne2>{{Citation| editor-last=Cokayne| editor-first=George Edward |year=1902 | title= Complete Baronetage volume 2 (1625-1649) | url= http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924092524382#page/n151/mode/2up  |volume=2| location=Exeter | publisher=William Pollard and Co| access-date = 9 October 2018}}</ref> His grandson, the third Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament for [[Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire]]. His younger brother, the fourth Baronet, represented [[Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby]], [[Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)|Clitheroe]] and Derbyshire in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. His eldest son, the fifth Baronet, also sat as a member of parliament for Clitheroe and Derbyshire. In 1761 he was created '''Baron Scarsdale''', of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]]. Lord Scarsdale later served as Chairman of Committees in the [[House of Lords]]. His son, the second Baron, represented Derbyshire in the House of Commons. His grandson, the fourth Baron, was Rector of Kedleston for sixty years.

The latter's eldest son [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Curzon]] was a distinguished [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician. On his appointment as [[Viceroy of India]] in 1898 he was created '''Baron Curzon of Kedleston''', in the County of Derby, in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], to enable him to potentially return to the House of Commons (as Irish peers did not have an automatic right to sit in the House of Lords). In the event he never returned to the House of Commons and following his return from India was elected an [[List of Irish representative peers|Irish representative peer]] in 1908. The barony of Curzon of Kedleston was the last title created in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1911 Curzon was made (1) '''[[Baron Ravensdale]]''', of Ravensdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his eldest daughter and the heirs of her body, failing whom to his other daughters in like manner in order of primogeniture, (2) '''Viscount Scarsdale''', of Scarsdale in the County of Derby, with remainder in default of male issue to his father and the male heirs of his body, and (3) '''Earl Curzon of Kedleston''', in the County of Derby, with remainder to the heirs male of his body. All these titles were in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]]. In 1916 he also succeeded his father in the barony of Scarsdale. In 1921, he was further honoured when he was created '''Earl of Kedleston''', in the County of Derby, and '''Marquess Curzon of Kedleston''', with remainder to the male heirs of his body. Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Lord Curzon had no sons, and on his death the barony of Curzon of Kedleston, the earldoms of Curzon of Kedleston and of Kedleston and the marquessate became extinct while he was succeeded in the barony of Ravensdale according to the special remainder by his daughter [[Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale|Irene]]. The viscountcy of Scarsdale passed according to the special remainder to his nephew, Richard Curzon, the second Viscount, who also succeeded as sixth Baron Scarsdale and as tenth Baronet. On the second Viscount's death the titles passed to his first cousin, the third Viscount. He was the son of Francis Nathaniel Curzon, third son of the fourth Baron. {{As of|2018}} the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Viscount Scarsdale, who succeeded his father in 2000.

[[Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon|Assheton Curzon]], second son of the fourth Curzon baronet, was created [[Viscount Curzon]] in 1802 and is the ancestor of the [[Earl Howe|Earls Howe]] (see this title for more information).

As of 31 January 2018 the present baronet has not successfully proved his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 2000.<ref>{{cite web |date=28 February 2015 |title=Official Roll of the Baronetage |url=http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/ |archive-date=6 March 2015 |access-date=3 February 2016 |website=The Standing Council of the Baronetage}}</ref>

The family seat is [[Kedleston Hall]], near [[Kedleston]], Derbyshire.

==Curzon baronets, of Kedleston (1636, 1641)==
* [[Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet]] (1598–1686)
* Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet (1635–1719)
* [[Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet]] (1674–1727)
* [[Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet]] (1676–1758)
* [[Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale|Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet]] (1726–1804) (created '''Baron Scarsdale''' in 1761)

===Baron Scarsdale (1761)===
* [[Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale]] (1726–1804)
* [[Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale]] (1751–1837)
* Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Baron Scarsdale (1781–1856)
* [[Alfred Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale|Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale]] (1831–1916)
* [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baron Scarsdale]] (1859–1925) (created '''Viscount Scarsdale''' and '''Earl Curzon of Kedleston''' in 1911)

===Earl Curzon of Kedleston (1911)===
* [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Viscount Scarsdale]] (1859–1925) (created '''Earl of Kedleston''' and '''Marquess Curzon of Kedleston''' in 1921)

===Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1921)===
* [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston|George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]] (1859–1925)

===Viscount Scarsdale (1911; reverted)===
* [[Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale|Richard Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale]] (1898–1977)
* [[Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale|Francis John Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale]] (1924–2000)
* Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Viscount Scarsdale (born 1949)

The [[heir presumptive]] is the present holder's brother, the Hon. David James Nathaniel Curzon (born 1958).<br>
The heir presumptive's [[heir apparent]] is his son, Andrew Linton Nathaniel Curzon (born 1986).

==Title succession chart==
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==Arms==
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|image={{center|[[File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg|130px|centre]] [[File:Arms of the Viscount Scarsdale.svg|centre|150px]]}}
|escutcheon = A Popinjay rising wings displayed and inverted Or collared Gules.
|crest = Argent on a Bend Sable three Popinjays Or collared Gules.
|supporters = On either side a Female Figure the dexter representing Prudence habited Argent mantled Azure and holding in her sinister hand a Javelin entwined by a Remora proper the sinister representing Liberality habited Argent mantled Purpure and holding in both hands a Cornucopia proper.
|motto = Let Curzon holde what Curzon helde; Recte Et Suaviter (Justly and mildly).
}}

==See also==
* [[Earl Howe]]
* [[Baron Ravensdale]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, {{Page needed |date=February 2013}}
* {{cite book |last=Hesilrige |first=Arthur G. M. |date=1921| title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy| url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/259 | location=London |publisher=[[Dean & Son]]|page=259}}
* {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}
{{Extant British viscountcies}}

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