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Also Known As Baron Cecil of Essendon • Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon • Viscount Cranborne
Born February 3, 1830 • Hatfield • England
Died August 22, 1903 (aged 73) • Hatfield • England
Title / Office prime minister (1895-1902), United Kingdom • foreign minister (1895-1900), United Kingdom • foreign minister (1886-1892), United Kingdom • prime minister (1886-1892), United Kingdom • prime minister (1885-1886), United Kingdom • foreign minister (1885-1886), United Kingdom • foreign minister (1878-1878), United Kingdom • House of Lords (1868-1903), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation Conservative Party
House / Dynasty Cecil family
Role In Congress of Berlin • South African War

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