Edgar
Algernon Robert
"1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood"
Cecil
formerly Gascoyne-Cecil
Born in Cavendish Square, London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil KG GCVO PC
and Georgina Caroline (Alderson) Gascoyne-Cecil
Brother of
Beatrix Maud (Cecil) Palmer, James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil KG, Rupert Ernest William (Gascoyne-Cecil) Cecil, Edward Herbert Gascoyne Cecil and Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil
Husband of
Eleanor (Lambton) Cecil
— married
22 Jan 1889 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 94
in Danehill, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jun 2017
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Biography
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, CH, PC, QC, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations and a defender of it, whose service to the organisation saw him awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.
1958: Death of Edgar A R Viscount Gascoyne-Cecil registered Q4 at Tonbridge, Kent, England.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVC8-LY3M : 4 September 2014), Edgar A R Viscount Gascoyne-Cecil, 1958; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Tonbridge, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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