Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil KG (1893 - 1972)

Born 27 Aug 1893 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Vere (Cavendish) Gascoyne-Cecil — married 8 Dec 1915 in Ulverston, Lancashire, England

Died 23 Feb 1972 at age 78 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil KG is Notable.

Robert Arthur J Gascoyne-Cecil was born on 27 of Aug 1893 at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.^[1]citing Birth Registration, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.^[2]
He was the son of James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury and Lady Cicely Alice Gore.^[1]

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.^[1]

Marriage

Robert A J G Cecil married Elizabeth Vere Cavendish on 8 Dec 1915 at Ulverston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
She was the daughter of the Rt. Hon. Lord Richard Frederick Cavendish and Lady Moyra de Vere Beauclerk, .^[1][3]

Death

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil KG passed away on 23 Feb 1972 at the age of 78, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. ^{[1] [4]}He was buried in St Etheldreda Churchyard, Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. ^[5]

Titles

• 5th Marquess of Salisbury [G.B., 1789] on 4 April 1947.^[1]
• 11th Earl of Salisbury [E., 1605] on 4 April 1947.^[1]
• 11th Viscount Cranborne, co. Dorset [E., 1604] on 4 April 1947.^[1]
• 11th Baron Cecil of Essendon, co. Rutland [E., 1603] on 21 January 1941.^[1]

Member of Parliament

• (M.P.) (Unionist) for Dorset between May 30, 1929 - January 25, 1941.^[1][6]

Honors

• Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1946.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 3, page 3506.
2. ↑ Birth Entry: Robert Arthur J Gascoyne-Cecil was born on 27 of Aug 1893 at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. Citing this Record: "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FMB-B1K : 1 October 2014), Robert Arthur J Gascoyne-Cecil, 1893; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2665-716 : 13 December 2014), Robert A J G Cecil and null, 1915; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1915, quarter 4, vol. 8E, p. 1719, Ulverston, Lancashire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCP-N9WT : 4 September 2014), Robert Arthur J G Cecil, 1972; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-5JQ5 : 13 December 2015), Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 1972; Burial, Hatfield, Welwyn Hatfield District, Hertfordshire, England, St Etheldreda Churchyard; citing record ID 36459316, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36459316
6. ↑ http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/viscount-cranborne-1/

• G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, page 392.

• Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_5th_Marquess_of_Salisbury

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield_House

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell