Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH PC KC |
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| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 30 May 1915 – 10 January 1919 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister |
H. H. Asquith (until 5 December 1915) David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Hon. Neil Primrose |
| Succeeded by | Cecil Harmsworth |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
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In office 28 May 1923 – 22 January 1924 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin (1st ministry) |
| Preceded by | Austen Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | J. R. Clynes |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 10 November 1924 – 19 October 1927 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin (2nd ministry) |
| Preceded by | Josiah Wedgwood |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Cushendum |
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14 September 1864 Cavendish Square, London |
| Died | 24 November 1958 (aged 94) Danehill, East Sussex |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Eleanor Lambton |
| Education |
Eton College University College, Oxford |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1937) |
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH PC QC (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in Great Britain. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.
Cecil was born at Cavendish Square, London, the sixth child and third son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, three times Prime Minister, and Georgina, daughter of Sir Edward Hall Alderson. He was the brother of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Lord William Cecil, Lord Edward Cecil and Lord Quickswood and the cousin of Arthur Balfour. He was educated at home until he was thirteen and then spent four years at Eton College. He claimed in his autobiography to have enjoyed his home education most. He studied law at University College, Oxford, where he became a well known debater. A first job was as private secretary to his father, when commencing in office as Prime Minister from 1886-88. In 1887, he was admitted as a barrister at the Inner Temple (permitted to practise as a barrister). He was fond of saying that his marriage to Lady Eleanor Lambton, daughter of George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham on 22 January 1889, was the cleverest thing he had ever done.
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