Biography:

Socialite.  Born April 14, 1879,  Decatur, Alabama. Parents  J. Monroe Hinds (former Ambassador to Brazil) and Lucia Anita Trillia Hinds.  Married (1) Alfred Duggan , May 1, 1902 (died 1915). Three children. Married (2) Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, February 2, 1917.  (Curzon, an influential British politician and former Viceroy of India, served as Foreign Secretary, 1919-1924; died 1925). As Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, a leading figure in British society;  the first woman to be awarded the Grand Cross of the British Empire, 1922, for her work in support of the British Red Cross and Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Association in World War I. Died June 25, 1958.

Sources:

Obituary, New York Times, 1958.

Encyclopedia Brittanica, 15th edition.

Pearson, Hesketh. Marrying Americans. New York; Coward McCann, 1961.  Pp. 116-127.

Owen’s History of Alabama, Vol. 3 (entry for J. Monroe Hinds).

Publication:

Reminiscences.  New York:  Coward-McCann, 1955.