Robert Arthur Talbot GASCOYNE-CECIL

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Robert Arthur Talbot

Gascoyne-Cecil

1830 - 1903

Robert Arthur Talbot

Gascoyne-Cecil

, Prime minister 1885-6, 1886-92, 1895-1902. Wrote pungent articles for Quarterly Review; secretary for India (1866-67, 1874-78), for foreign affairs (1878); leader of opposition in House of Lords on death of Disraeli (1881); helped defeat Gladstone's home rule bill (1893); opponent of democracy and radical ideas of progress. Prime minister and foreign secretary (1885-86, 1886-92, 1895-1902); followed imperialist but cautiously conciliatory policy; annexed Burma; strengthened hold on Upper Nile and Zanzibar; secured open door in China; reconquered Sudan (1896); retired, after conducting Boer War (1902), in favour of his nephew A.J. Balfour.

Born: Hatfield, Herts., England 3rd Feb 1830	Baptised:
Died: Hatfield, Herts., England 22nd Aug 1903	Buried: Hatfield, Herts., England 1903
Family: Gascoyne-Cecil

Titles:

Ancestors

1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903	2. James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil formerly Cecil ( Gascoyne , Sackville-West ) 1791 - 1868	4. James Cecil ( Hill ) 1748 - 1823
		5. Emily Mary Hill ( Cecil ) 1750 - 1835
	3. Frances Mary Gascoyne ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1802 - 1839	6. Bamber Gascoyne ( Price ) 1758 - 1824
		7. Sarah Bridget Frances Price ( Gascoyne ) 1767 - post 1794

Siblings

James Emilius William Evelyn

Gascoyne-Cecil

1821 - 1865
2.

Mildred Arabella Charlotte

Gascoyne-Cecil

(

Beresford-Hope

) 1822 - 1881
3.

Arthur George Villiers

1823 - 1825
4.

(

) 1825 - 1872
5.

Evelyn Georgiana Geraldine

Gascoyne-Cecil

1827 - 1828
6.

Lt.Col. Eustace Brownlow Henry

(

) 1834 - 1921
7.

1848 - 1898
8.

(

) 1850 - 1903
9.

(

) 1851 - 1913
10.

1853 - 1901
11.

1854 - 1919

Spouses

1. 11th Jul 1857
Georgina Caroline
Alderson
(
Gascoyne-Cecil
) 1827 - 1899

Descendants

[ Options ]

a. Georgina Caroline Alderson ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1827 - 1899 1. Gwendolen Cecil 1860 - 1945 2. James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil ( Gore ) 1861 - 1947 2a. Cicely Alice Gore ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1867 - 1955 2.1. Beatrice Mildred Edith Gascoyne-Cecil ( Ormsby-Gore ) 1891 - 1980 ... 2.2. Robert (Bobbety) Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil ( Cavendish ) 1893 - 1972 ... 2.3. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil ( Cavendish ) 1895 - 1988 ... 2.4. Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil ( MacCarthy ) 1902 - 1986 ... 3. Rt.Rev. Rupert Ernest William Gascoyne-Cecil ( Bootle-Wilbraham ) 1863 - 1936 3a. Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1863 - post 1887 3.1. Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil ( Jannaway , Turner ) 1889 - 1917 ... 3.2. Victor Alexander Gascoyne-Cecil ( Watson ) 1891 - 1977 ... 3.3. John Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil 1893 - 1918 3.4. Rupert Edward Gascoyne-Cecil 1895 - 1915 3.5. Eve Alice Gascoyne-Cecil ( Shelley ) 1900 - 1994 3.6. Mary Edith Gascoyne-Cecil ( Manners ) 1900 - 1994 ... 3.7. Annie Gascoyne-Cecil 1906 - 1924 4. Edgar Algernon Robert Cecil ( Lambton ) 1864 - 1958 5. Fanny Georgina Mildred Cecil 1866 - 1867 6. Col. Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil ( Maxse ) 1867 - 1918 6a. Violet Georgina Maxse ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1872 - 1958 6.1. George Edward Gascoyne-Cecil 1895 - 1914 6.2. Helen Mary Gascoyne-Cecil ( Hardinge ) 1901 - 1979 ... 7. Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil 1869 - 1956 8. Beatrix Maud Cecil ( Palmer ) + 1950 8a. William Waldegrave Palmer ( Cecil ) 1859 - 1942 8.1. Mabel Laura Georgiana Palmer ( Grey ) ... 8.2. Roundell Cecil Palmer ( Ridley , de Thomkahaza ) 1887 - 1971 ... 8.3. Robert Palmer + 1916

Sources

Family Archivists: see
Gascoyne-Cecil
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Timeline

3rd Feb 1830	Born (birth) Hatfield, Herts., England
post 1830	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Cecil of Essendon [B]
post 1830	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Salisbury [E]
post 1830	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Cranborne [V]
11th Jul 1857	Married Georgina Caroline Alderson ( Gascoyne-Cecil ) 1827 - 1899 (marriage)
12th Apr 1868	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Salisbury [M]
25th Jul 1886	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Prime Minister [UK]
25th Jun 1895	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil ( Alderson ) 1830 - 1903 inherited the title Prime Minister [UK]
1903	Buried (burial) Hatfield, Herts., England
22nd Aug 1903	Died (death) Hatfield, Herts., England

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