UK Elections Info

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Robert Cecil

Born: 27 April 1893

Died: 23 February 1972

Viscount Cranborne - 22 August 1903

1st Baron Cecil of Essendon - 21 January 1941

5th Marquis of Salisbury - 4 April 1947

Member of Privy Council - 1940

Eton College

Oxford University

Paymaster General	1940	1940
Secretary of State for the Dominions	1940	1942
Lord Privy Seal	1942	1943
Secretary of State for the Colonies	22 February 1942	22 November 1942
Secretary of State for the Dominions	1943	1945
Lord Privy Seal	1951	1952
Leader of the House of Lords	1951	29 March 1957
Lord President of the Council	25 November 1952	29 March 1957

30 May 1929	Southern Dorset	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,632	49.17
27 October 1931	Southern Dorset	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,284	70.73
14 November 1935	Southern Dorset	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,637	57.88
21 January 1941 Rt Hon Viscount Cranborne called to the House of Lords as Baron Cecil of Essendon.