Robert Arthur Talbot GASCOYNE-CECIL

1830 - 1903  (73 years)

• Name	Robert Arthur Talbot GASCOYNE-CECIL
  Born	3 Feb 1830	Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Aug 1903	Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England
  Person ID	I10233	Main
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	James CECIL,   b. 17 Apr 1791, St George Hanover Square, London, England
  Mother	Frances Mary GASCOYNE,   b. 25 Jan 1802, Liverpool, Lancashire, England ,   d. 15 Oct 1839, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 37 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1821	Mayfair, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Family ID	F3509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgiana Caroline ALDERSON,   b. 1827, St Mary Magdalen, Paddington, London, England ,   d. 20 Nov 1899, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England  (Age 72 years)
  Married	11 Jul 1857	St Mary Magdalen, Paddington, London, England
  Children	1. Beatrix Maud GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 11 Apr 1858, Park Crecent, St Marylebone, London, England   2. Edgar Algernon GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 14 Sep 1864, Cavendish Square, London, England ,   d. 24 Nov 1958, England  (Age 94 years) + 3. Marquess James Edward Hubert GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 23 Oct 1861, Park Crecent, St Marylebone, London, England ,   d. 4 Apr 1947, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 85 years)   4. Fanny Georgina GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 1862, Park Crecent, St Marylebone, London, England   5. Robert Ernest GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 9 Mar 1863, Park Crecent, St Marylebone, London, England   6. Hugh Richard GASCOYNE-CECIL,   b. 14 Oct 1869, Park Crecent, St Marylebone, London, England
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F3511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007 (born , Feb. 3, 1830, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died Aug. 22, 1903, Hatfield) British prime minister (1885–86, 1886–92, 1895–1902). He served in Benjamin Disraeli's government as secretary for India (1874–78) and foreign secretary (1878–80), helping to convene the Congress of Berlin. He led the Conservative Party opposition in the House of Lords, then became prime minister on three occasions beginning in 1885, usually serving concurrently as foreign secretary. He opposed alliances, maintained strong national interests, and presided over an expansion of Britain's colonial empire, especially in Africa. He retired in 1902 in favour of his nephew, Arthur James Balfour.