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Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

1864 - 1958

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Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood is the 32nd most popular diplomat (up from 34th in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,185th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ranks 32 out of 90. Before him are George F. Kennan, William J. Burns, Alfonso García Robles, Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, and Irina Bokova. After him are J. Christopher Stevens, Giovanni Villani, Hans Blix, Édith Cresson, George Blake, and Yukiya Amano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ranks 38. Before him are Nellie Bly, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Li Yuanhong, Alfred Redl, and Leonard Hobhouse. After him are Soh Jaipil, Nicholas Marr, Johan Halvorsen, Andrej Hlinka, Draga Mašin, and Franz Oppenheimer. Among people deceased in 1958, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ranks 31. Before him are Giacomo Balla, Kim Tu-bong, Edna Purviance, André Bazin, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, and Ernst Heinkel. After him are Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Pál Maléter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ranks 1,049 out of 8,785. Before him are N. R. Pogson (1829), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), John Cale (1942), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), William Webb Ellis (1806), and Ninian (360). After him are Robert Knox (1791), Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham (1458), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Anna Atkins (1799), Julian Huxley (1887), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United Kingdom

Among diplomats born in United Kingdom, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood ranks 3. Before him are Chaim Herzog (1918), and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784). After him are Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and Seán Lester (1888).

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