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Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth:
August 27th, 1893
Date of death:
February 23rd, 1972
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil served in the 4th Battalion, Bedford Regiment and Grenadier Guards during the First World War.

Military career:
15 August 1914: Second Lieutenant (prob.)
9 March 1915: Second Lieutenant
?: Lieutenant

Political career during the Second World War:
15 May 1940 – 3 October 1940: Paymaster General
3 October 1940 – 19 February 1942: Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
21 February 1942 – 26 July 1945: Leader of the House of Lords
22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942: Secretary of State for the Colonies
22 November 1942 – 24 September 1943: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945: Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
Assistant Private Secretary, Secretary of State for War, British Government
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1917
Ridder in de Kroonorde
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Lieutenant
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1919
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918

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