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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil
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Also Known As Lord Robert Cecil • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood • Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Born September 14, 1864 • London • England
Died November 24, 1958 (aged 94) • (Died on this day)
Title / Office House of Commons (1906-1923), United Kingdom
Political Affiliation Conservative Party
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1937)
House / Dynasty Cecil family

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