British Offices and Honours
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The Most Honourable Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., G.C.V.O., P.C.

  • Born: 3 February 1830
  • Died: 22 August 1903

Known as[]

  • 1830-1853: The Hon. Robert Cecil, commonly called Lord Robert Cecil
  • 1853-1865: The Hon. Robert Cecil, commonly called Lord Robert Cecil, M.P.
  • 1865-1866: The Hon. Robert Cecil, commonly called Viscount Cranborne, M.P.
  • 1866-1868: The Rt. Hon. Robert Cecil, commonly called Viscount Cranborne, M.P.
  • 1868-1878: The Marquess of Salisbury, P.C.
  • 1878-1902: The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., P.C.
  • 1902-1903: The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., G.C.V.O., P.C.

Education[]

  • Eton College
  • Christ Church, Oxford

Offices[]

Peerage Titles[]

Chivalric Orders[]

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Stamford, 1853-1868

Parliamentary Positions[]

Party Positions[]

  • Leader of the Conservative Party, 1881-1902


Preceded by:
The Earl de Grey
Secretary of State for India
1866–1867
Succeeded by:
Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt.
Preceded by:
The Duke of Argyll
Secretary of State for India
1874–1878
Succeeded by:
The Viscount Cranbrook
Preceded by:
The Earl of Derby
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1878–1880
Succeeded by:
The Earl Granville
Preceded by:
William Gladstone
Prime Minister
1885–1886
Succeeded by:
William Gladstone
Preceded by:
The Earl Granville
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1885–1886
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by:
William Gladstone
Prime Minister
1886–1892
Succeeded by:
William Gladstone
Preceded by:
William Gladstone
First Lord of the Treasury
1886–1887
Succeeded by:
William Henry Smith
Preceded by:
The Earl of Iddesleigh
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1887–1892
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by:
The Earl of Rosebery
Prime Minister
1895–1902
Succeeded by:
Arthur Balfour
Preceded by:
The Earl of Kimberley
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1895–1900
Succeeded by:
The Marquess of Lansdowne
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