Robert Cecil, 1st Viscoont Cecil o Chelwood
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscoont Cecil o Chelwood CH PC QC (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), kent as Laird Robert Cecil frae 1868 tae 1923,[1] wis a lawyer, politeecian an diplomat in Great Breetain. He wis ane o the airchitects o the League o Naitions an a defender o it, whase service tae the organisation saw him awairdit the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.
The Viscount Cecil o Chelwood | |
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Unner-Secretar o State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 30 Mey 1915 – 10 Januar 1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Meenister | H. H. Asquith (till 5 December 1915) David Lloyd George |
Precedit bi | Hon. Neil Primrose |
Succeedit bi | Cecil Harmsworth |
Laird Privy Seal | |
In office 28 Mey 1923 – 22 Januar 1924 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Meenister | Stanley Baldwin (1st meenistry) |
Precedit bi | Austen Chamberlain |
Succeedit bi | J. R. Clynes |
Chancellor o the Duchy o Lancaster | |
In office 10 November 1924 – 19 October 1927 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Meenister | Stanley Baldwin (2nt meenistry) |
Precedit bi | Josiah Wedgwood |
Succeedit bi | The Lord Cushendum |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 September 1864 Cavendish Square, Lunnon |
Dee'd | 24 November 1958 Danehill, East Sussex | (aged 94)
Poleetical pairty | Conservative |
Spoose(s) | Lady Eleanor Lambton |
Eddication | Eton College University College, Oxford |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Kirk o Ingland |
Awairds | Nobel Peace Prize (1937) |
References eedit
- ↑ As the younger son o a Marquess, Cecil held the coortesy teetle o "Laird". Houever, he wisna a peer in his ain richt till he wis made a Viscoont in 1923, an wis thus eligible tae sit in the Hoose o Commons atween 1906 an 1923.