Kedleston Hall by Robert Adam, which was inherited by Alfred's son George
Alfred was born into an old family of clergy and priests. He was the second son of the Rev. Hon. Alfred Curzon, Rector of Kedleston (1801–1850), and the former Sophia Holden. His elder brother, George Nathaniel Curzon, died young from a riding accident in 1855. He had two sisters, Hon. Sophia Felicity Curzon (wife of W. Hatfield de Rodes, of Barlborough Hall) and Hon. Mary Catherine Curzon (wife of Arthur Hill-Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor).
He in 1856 succeeded his uncle to the title, and to 11,000 acres (about 4,450 hectares) of land. He was ordained into the Church of England and he subsequently became Rector of Kedleston for fifty-six years from 1856 to 1916, and a Justice of the Peace.
Personal life
In 1856, he married Blanche Pocklington-Senhouse (1837–1875), second daughter of Joseph Pocklington-Senhouse, of Netherhall, and Elizabeth Senhouse (eldest daughter and co-heiress of Humphrey Senhouse). The marriage produced four sons and seven daughters, one of whom died in infancy, including:
Hon. Sophia Caroline Curzon (1857–1929), who married Rev. Charles MacMichael, Rector of Walpole St Peter, in 1882.
Hon. Assheton Nathaniel Curzon (1867–1950), who married Mercy Lilian Okeover, daughter of Haughton Charles Okeover and Hon. Eliza Anne Cavendish (eldest daughter of Henry Cavendish, 3rd Baron Waterpark), in 1897.
Hon. Elinor Florence Curzon (1869–1939)
Hon. Geraldine Emily Curzon (1871–1940), who married William Tower Townshend in 1901.
Hon. Margaret Georgina Curzon (1873–1957), who married Hardress John Waller, son of Bolton J. Waller, in 1899.
Lord Scarsdale died on 23 March 1916 and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son, George.
↑L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 92.
↑Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1976, p. 1116.
