biography
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Cecil, Robert (Arthur James Gascoyne), 5th Marquess of Salisbury
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pronunciation:
[sesil]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1893–1972)
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| biography:
| British statesman, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, SE England, UK. He studied at Oxford, and became Conservative MP for South Dorset in 1929, and in 1935 foreign under-secretary. In the Churchill government of 1940 he was paymaster general, and dominions secretary until 1941, when he was called to the Lords. He was colonial secretary and Lord Privy Seal, and in the Churchill government of 1951 became secretary of state for commonwealth relations and Lord President of the Council. From 1951 to 1957 he was Leader of the House of Lords. In 1957 he resigned the lord presidency in protest against the government's action in releasing Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus from his exile. |
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