Viscount Scarsdale
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Viscount Scarsdale and Baron Scarsdale are titles in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Peerage of Great Britain, respectively.
The first member of the Curzon family to hold a hereditary title was John Curzon, was who created a baronet in both Nova Scotia (1636) and England (1641). The Barony was created in 1761 for Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet, of Kedleston. The Viscountcy was created in 1911, along with the titles of Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Baron Ravensdale for George Nathaniel Curzon, eldest son of the fourth Baron Scarsdale, who had been created Baron Curzon of Kedleston in the Peerage of Ireland in 1898 and elected an Irish Representative Peer in 1908. Lord Curzon of Kedleston succeeded his father as 5th Baron Scarsdale in 1916, and was further created Marquess Curzon of Kedleston in 1921. The Curzon of Kedleston titles became extinct at his death, but the Barony of Scarsdale and (thanks to a special remainder) the Viscountcy passed to his nephew, who became 6th Baron and 2nd Viscount Scarsdale. The Barony of Ravensdale passed under a different remainder to his daughter, Mary Irene.
Curzon Baronets of Kedleston (1641)
- Sir John Curzon, 1st Baronet (c. 1599–1686)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1640–1719)
- Sir John Curzon, 3rd Baronet (c. 1674–1727)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet (c. 1676–1758)
- Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 5th Baronet (1726-1804) (became Baron Scarsdale in 1761)
Barons Scarsdale (1761)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale (1751-1837)
- Nathaniel Curzon, 3rd Baron Scarsdale (1781-1856)
- Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale (1831-1916)
- George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Earl Curzon of Kedleston and Viscount Scarsdale, 5th Baron Scarsdale (1859-1925) - see below.