Curzon, Grace Hinds (1878–1958)

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Curzon, Grace Hinds (1878–1958)

Wife of Lord Curzon. Name variations: Lady Curzon; Baroness Curzon; Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston; Grace Duggan; Mrs. George Nathaniel Curzon. Born Grace Elvina Trillia Hinds in 1878 in Decatur, Alabama; died June 29, 1958; dau. of Joseph Monroe Hinds (US minister in Brazil); m. Alfred Hubert Duggan of Buenos Aires (died); m. Lord George Curzon (diplomat), Jan 2, 1917 (sep., died 1925); children: (1st m.) Alfred Leo, Hubert and Marcella Duggan.

Upon marriage to Lord George Curzon, became the center of social gatherings at Carlton House; separated, later had an affair with stepson-in-law, Oswald Mosley.

See also Reminiscences (Coward, 1955).

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