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 CURRIE 579 cr. BARON CURRIE OF HAWLEY. He m., 24 Jan. 1894, Mary Montgomerie,widowofHenrySydenhamSiNGLETON,ofMell,co. Louth, and Hazeley Heath, Hants (who d. 16 Mar. 1893), eldest da. of Charles James Saville Montgomerie Lamb, by Anna Charlotte, da. of Arthur Hopwood Grey, of Bersted, Sussex. She, who was b. 24 Feb. 1 843, at Beauport, Little- hampton, Sussex, d. of heart failure, at the Grand Hotel, Harrogate, 13, and was bur. 18 Oct. 1905, at Matingley, Hants. Will pr. over /;3i',ooo gross and ;{;30,ooo net.(=') He d. s.p., at Hawley, Blackwater, Hants, 12, and was bur. 22 May 1906, at St. Andrew's, Minley.C*) Will pr. over /[ 1 4 1, 000 gross and ;^i 36,000 net. At his death his Peerage became extinct. CURSON or CURZON Sir RoBERTCuRSON,('=)ofIpswich, is, duringthereignof Henry VIII, constantly styled LORD CURSON, or Baron Curson. His parentage is unknown; he was knighted in 1489. He was Capt. of Hammes Castle, near Calais, 1499; fought against the Turks for the Emperor Maximilian, by whom he is said, in 1500, to have been made a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. To this date also Prynne assigns his crea- tion as an English Baron,('^) but no authority for either the English or the foreign creation is forthcoming.(*) He was proclaimed a traitor (^) "She was well known as a writer under the pseudonym of 'Violet Fane,' her first publication being From Dawn to Noon, in 1872; and this was followed by a large number of works, produced in the following years, including some volumes of graceful verse." {Times, 16 Oct. 1905). She is the "Mrs. Sinclair" of W. H. Mallock's New Republic, which book he dedicated to her. V.G. C") " He failed to achieve either in Constantinople or in Rome the success which might have been otherwise expected from his admitted ability and social advantages. Possessed of considerable wealth — he belonged to the well-known banking family of Currie — he entertained en grand seigneur, whilst his refined and cultivated tastes and incisive powers of conversation delighted those who were admitted to the more intimate circle of his friends and acquaintances." [Times, 14 May 1906). V.G. ("=) His arms were Argent on a bend Sable, between 3 wiverns' heads erased Gules, a popinjay Argent, beaked and legged Or. (Metcalfe's Knights). {^) " Robert Curson, created a Baron of the Sacred Empire by Maximilian, the Emperor, acknowledged to be a Baron in England by King Henry VIII or his Nobles, till he created him a Baron himself by his charter, without giving him a voice in Parliament." [Parliamentary Writs, vol. i, p. 224). («) An examination of the Calendars of Letters and Papers under Hen. VIII sup- plies the following evidence: "Sir Robert Curzon " is so styled on 30 June 151 1 [vol. i. No. 1757], but on 3 June 1513 he appears as "Robert, Baron Curson" [Id. No. 4160], and about the same date as "My Lord Corson" {Id. p. 553]. In the same year he is styled "The Baron Cursson " [No. 4253], and on 19 Mar. 1514 " Robert, Lord Curson " [No. 4899]. Similar evidence is supplied by the King's accounts [published in vol. ii of the Calendar], where, up to July 1512, the alleged Peer is styled "Sir Robert Corson" [p. 1457], but in and after Mar. 1 5 13 is entered as "Baron Curson " [p. 1464], or " Lord Curson " [p. 1473]- I" ^ <^ocu- ment relating to the expenses of the war, dat. Oct. 1513, he is called "Sir Robert