TY - BOOK AU - Gilmour,David TI - Curzon: imperial statesman SN - 0374133565 U1 - 928 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Straus and Giroux KW - Cabinet officers KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - British KW - India KW - History KW - Statesmen KW - Viceroys N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Ancestral Silence 2. 'Passionate Resolves'; Eton, 1872-1878 3. 'Laying the Foundations': Oxford, 1878—1885 4. Twin Passions: 'Women and Work', 1882—1885 5. The Journey to Westminster, 1885- 1887 6. 'Travel with a Purpose', 1887—1890 7. 'The Coming Man', 1890-1895 8. Hearts and Souls 9. Number Two at the FO ID. Sailing to Bombay 11. The Governance of India 12. 'Let India Be My Judge' 15. Farmers and Colleagues: The Problem of the Princes 14. Guarding the Frontiers 15. The Viceroy's Routine 16. 1902: Proconsular Zenith 17. Fatal Appointments, 1902-1903 18. The Gulf, Bengal and Tibet 19. 'An Infinitude of Trouble': England, 1904 20. Kitchener's Conspiracy 21. The Breaking of the Viceroy 22. 'Every Man's Hand' 25. Picking Up the Pieces 24. The Conversion of a Diehard, 1909-1911 25. Suffragists and Other Targets, 1911-1914 26. I^rd Curzon at Home 27. In Search of a Role, 1914-1915 28. Air Board and War Cabinet, 1916 29. The Second Lady Curzon 30. Eastern Questions, 1917 31. \jord President 32. The Foreign Office at Last 33. Middle Eastern Scrambles, 1919-1922 34. Lloyd George and the Turks, 1919-1922 35. Resurgence: Lausanne, 1922-1923 36. Family Sagas 37. Ultimate Disappointments, 1923-1925 ER -