Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale
Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale, Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston, CBE (20 January 1896 – 9 February 1966), was a British peeress, socialite and philanthropist.
The Right Honourable The Baroness Ravensdale CBE | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 19 November 1963 – 9 February 1966 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (as 1st Baron Ravensdale) |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Baron Ravensdale |
| as a life peer 6 October 1958 – 9 February 1966 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Irene Curzon 20 January 1896 |
| Died | 9 February 1966 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Parent(s) | George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Mary Leiter |
| Relatives | Lady Cynthia Mosley (sister) Lady Alexandra Curzon (sister) |
The eldest child of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, and Mary Leiter, she inherited her father's lesser title, the Barony of Ravensdale, on 20 March 1925, and was created a life peer as Baroness Ravensdale of Kedleston, of Kedleston, in the County of Derby, on 6 October 1958. This allowed her to sit in the House of Lords prior to the passing of the Peerage Act 1963, which allowed suo jure hereditary peeresses to enter. She and her two younger sisters were memorialised by Anne de Courcy in The Viceroy's Daughters: the Lives of the Curzon Sisters.
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