Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale

Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, CBE ( born January 20, 1896 in London, † February 9, 1966 ibid ) was a British nobleman and member of the House of Lords.

Life

Mary Irene was the eldest daughter of three children of British politician and later Viceroy of India George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston of ( 1859-1925 ) and his first wife of U.S. American Mary Victoria Head ( 1870-1906 ). She attended the prestigious Swiss boarding school Le Rosey. Lady Irene belonged to the circle of friends of the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VIII. She was already as the future wife of Edward, to Wallis Simpson won his favor and because of them he renounced the British throne (1936). She had several affairs, including with her ​​brother Sir Oswald Mosley and the Polish pianist Arthur Rubinstein. She refused the marriage proposals of the politician Victor Alexander Cazalet and later ambassador to Germany, Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson, from.

Lady Irene dedicated all his life in social areas. During the Second World War, she organized the care of the wounded soldiers, Kinderlandverschickungen and lectures. For her work at the children's charity Save the Children, she and her younger sister Alexandra Naldera were King George VI. appointed Commander of the British Empire ( CBE). In addition, she was appointed as Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston for Life Peer. In 1925, she had already inherited basis of a special note at the ceremony by her father the title of Baroness Ravensdale.