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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

1830 - 1903

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years. He was also Foreign Secretary before and during most of his tenure. He avoided international alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation". Lord Robert Cecil, later known as Lord Salisbury, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1854 and served as Secretary of State for India in Lord Derby's Conservative government 1866–1867. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury is the 581st most popular politician (down from 541st in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 136th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Politician.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1900 to 1902. He is most famous for his role in the Second Boer War.

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Among politicians, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 581 out of 19,576. Before him are Mary of Burgundy, Friedrich Merz, Władysław II Jagiełło, Suharto, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and Mohamed Morsi. After him are Atahualpa, Scipio Africanus, Patrice Lumumba, Yongle Emperor, Theodora Porphyrogenita, and Nur ad-Din.

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Among people born in 1830, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 4. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emily Dickinson, and Camille Pissarro. After him are Frédéric Mistral, Abdülaziz, Paul Heyse, Isabella II of Spain, Frederic Leighton, Porfirio Díaz, Hector Malot, and Isma'il Pasha. Among people deceased in 1903, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 6. Before him are Pope Leo XIII, Paul Gauguin, Theodor Mommsen, Herbert Spencer, and Camille Pissarro. After him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Alois Hitler, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Alexander I of Serbia, and Hugo Wolf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 170 out of 8,785. Before him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Brian Johnson (1947), Ridley Scott (1937), Jane Seymour (1508), Roger Bacon (1220), and Patrick Blackett (1897). After him are Robert Edwards (1925), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Mark Knopfler (1949), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), and Philip Noel-Baker (1889).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 47. Before him are Henry VII of England (1457), Alfred the Great (849), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Arthur Henderson (1863), and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708). After him are Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Robert Clive (1725), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930).

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