Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth
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The Right Honourable The Lord Harmsworth LLD |
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| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department |
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In office 4 February 1915 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Ellis Ellis-Griffith |
| Succeeded by | William Brace |
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In office 10 January 1919 – 19 October 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Lord Robert Cecil |
| Succeeded by | Ronald McNeill |
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23 September 1869 St John's Wood, London |
| Died | 13 August 1948 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Emilie Maffett (1873-1942) |
| Parents | Alfred Harmsworth & Geraldine Mary Maffett |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (23 September 1869 – 13 August 1948), was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1915 and as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1919 and 1922.
Harmsworth was born at Alexandra Terrace, St John's Wood, London, the third son of Alfred Harmsworth and Geraldine Mary, daughter of William Maffett. He was the younger brother of newspaper proprietors Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, and the elder brother of Sir Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, and Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet. He also had four other younger brothers and four sisters. He was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin.
Harmsworth was the liberal candidate in the 1901 by-election for the North East Lanarkshire constituency, but lost to the liberal unionist candidate. He was elected to the House of Commons for Droitwich in 1906, a seat he held until he was defeated at the January 1910 general election. He re-entered the House of Commons as the representative for Luton in a 1911 by-election, and continued to sit for the constituency until 1922. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Walter Runciman between 1911 and 1915 and then briefly held office under H. H. Asquith as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department between February and May 1915. However, he did not serve in the coalition government formed by Asquith in May 1916.
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