Editing Lionel Curtis (section)

{{Short description|British official and writer (1872-1955)}}
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|name          = Lionel Curtis
|image         = Lionel Curtis.jpg
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| birth_date   = 7 March 1872
| birth_place  = The Outwoods, Derby
| death_date   = 25 November 1955 (aged 83) 
|nationality   = [[United Kingdom|British]]
|known_for     = Founding [[Chatham House]] and the [[Round Table movement|Round Table]]
|education     = [[Haileybury College]]
|alma_mater    = [[New College, Oxford]]
|occupation    = [[Professor]], Fellow of [[All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls College]]
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'''Lionel George Curtis''' [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] (1872&ndash;1955) was a British internationalist and author. He was the inspiration for the foundation of [[Chatham House]] (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) as well as the US [[Council On Foreign Relations]] at the [[Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)|Paris Peace Conference]] in 1919. He was a leading member of [[Round Table movement]].  His writings and influence caused the evolution of the former British nations into the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]].<ref>From Empire to International Commonwealth: A Biography of Lionel Curtis, [[Deborah Lavin]],  Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995</ref>