British Prime Minister. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was the British Prime Minister for a total of thirteen years. He graduated from Oxford University in 1850 and entered the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1853. His first political post was as Secretary of State for India from 1866 and 1867, and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Britain's Foreign Secretary in 1878, and he helped to secure peace in the Balkans at the Congress of Berlin. He became a Conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving from June 23, 1885 to January 28, 1886; July 25, 1886 to August 11, 1892 and again from June 25, 1895 to July 11, 1902. Salisbury was a strong and effective leader in foreign affairs, with a wide grasp of the issues, yet his policy was "splendid isolation." Due to failing health, he resigned and his nephew Arthur Balfour replaced him as Prime Minister. He died shortly after his resignation at age 73. The father of eight children, his son Robert Cecil received the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize "for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace." He was an enthusiastic amateur scientist. He has a monument Westminister Abbey was voted by Parliament.
British Prime Minister. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was the British Prime Minister for a total of thirteen years. He graduated from Oxford University in 1850 and entered the House of Commons as a Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1853. His first political post was as Secretary of State for India from 1866 and 1867, and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Britain's Foreign Secretary in 1878, and he helped to secure peace in the Balkans at the Congress of Berlin. He became a Conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving from June 23, 1885 to January 28, 1886; July 25, 1886 to August 11, 1892 and again from June 25, 1895 to July 11, 1902. Salisbury was a strong and effective leader in foreign affairs, with a wide grasp of the issues, yet his policy was "splendid isolation." Due to failing health, he resigned and his nephew Arthur Balfour replaced him as Prime Minister. He died shortly after his resignation at age 73. The father of eight children, his son Robert Cecil received the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize "for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace." He was an enthusiastic amateur scientist. He has a monument Westminister Abbey was voted by Parliament.
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