Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, traveller, collector and bibliophile, owner of Parham-related Curzon collections.
Dates: 16 March 1810–15 November 1873
Biography
Robert Curzon was the son of the 13th Baroness Zouche and inherited the barony in 1870. He was a prominent collector of manuscripts and Eastern Christian material. His armorial identity combined Curzon paternal arms with the inherited baronial representation transmitted through his mother.
Notes / Sources
British Armorial Bindings, Robert Curzon — https://armorial.bibsoc.org.uk/stamp-owners/CUR005.html
Cracroft peerage, Zouche of Haryngworth — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/zoucheh1308.htm
Metropolitan Museum catalogue provenance — https://resources.metmuseum.org/resources/metpublications/pdf/Islamic_Arms_and_Armor_in_The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.pdf
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Curzon of Parham
Father: Hon. Robert Curzon
Mother: Harriet Anne Bisshopp, 13th Baroness Zouche
Spouse(s): Emily Julia Wilmot-Horton
Children / next generation: Robert Nathaniel Cecil George Curzon, 15th Baron; Darea Curzon, 16th Baroness Zouche
Armorial Registry
Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche of Harringworth — Curzon paternal arms with Zouche inheritance
Branch: Curzon of Parham
Issued / recorded: 1870
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