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Person

Robert Cecil

1864 – 1958 · aged 94

Lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom (1864-1958)

Born
14 Sept 1864 · Cavendish Square
Died
24 Nov 1958 · Royal Tunbridge Wells

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 108 years
  1. 14 Sept 1864BornBorn in Cavendish Square
  2. 1906 – 1910RoleMember of the 28th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  3. 1911 – 1918RoleMember of the 30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
  4. 1915 – 1919RoleParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
  5. 1918 – 1922RoleMember of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom
  6. 1918 – 1944RoleChancellor of the University of Birmingham
  7. 1922 – 1923RoleMember of the 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
  8. 1923 – 1924RoleLord Privy Seal
  9. 1923 – 1958RoleMember of the House of Lords
  10. 1924 – 1927RoleChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  11. 1924 – 1927RoleRector
  12. 1925AwardCross of Liberty 1st Division, 3rd Class
  13. 1937AwardNobel Peace Prize
  14. 24 Nov 1958DiedDied in Royal Tunbridge Wells

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1864 – 1958).

  1. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  2. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  3. 1898Spanish–American War
  4. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  5. 1914 – 1918World War I
  6. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  7. 1917Balfour Declaration
  8. 1917February Revolution
  9. 1917October Revolution
  10. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  11. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  12. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  13. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  14. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  15. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  16. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  17. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1938Munich Agreement
  19. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  20. 1939 – 1945World War II
  21. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  22. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  23. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  24. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  25. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  26. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  27. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  28. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  30. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  31. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  33. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  34. 1956Suez Crisis
  35. 19581958 FIFA World Cup

Biography

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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, CC BY-SA 4.0

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