Statue of George Curzon at the Victoria Memorial Hall; Frederick William Pomeroy; Kolkata, India; Marble. Photograph: Biswarup Ganguly (2018), Wikimedia Commons

George Curzon (b. 1859; d. 1925) was a British statesman who served as the Viceroy of India between 1898 and 1911. He is known for presiding over the partition of Bengal in 1905.