The Henson Journals

[Edgar Algernon] Robert [Gascoyne-]Cecil

Robert [Gascoyne-]Cecil, (1864-1958, ODNB), Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1923), politician and peace campaigner. Third son of 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; University Coll., Oxford; MP (C), 1906-10; MP (Ind. C), 1911-23; junior minister, foreign office 1915-16; minister of blockade, 1916-18; president, League of Nations Union, 1923-45; lord privy seal, 1923-4; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster, 1924-7; Nobel peace prize, 1937; devout high anglican; publications include Our National Church, 1913. See also Volume 67, 73.

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See also [Gascoyne-]Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot; [Gascoyne-]Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, James Edward Hubert; [Gascoyne-]Cecil, [Rupert] William ('Fish'); [Gascoyne-]Cecil, Gwendolen; [Gascoyne-]Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote