Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603).

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, CH, PC, QC (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, [1] was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat.

Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury was an English statesman who succeeded his father, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, as Queen Elizabeth I’s chief minister in 1598 and skillfully directed the government during the first nine years of the reign of King James I. …

2022年1月16日 · Sir Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Robert Cecil had a spectacular career by any political yardstick, rising to hold jointly the two highest civil offices of the land during the reigns of Elizabeth I, and James VI/I, thus eclipsing the efforts of his father.

Robert Cecil made strenuous attempts to sort out the Queen's finances that had been badly damaged by recent military adventures. Cecil advocated a foreign policy of peaceful co-existence with other major powers in Europe.

He was president of the British League of Nations Union from 1923 to 1945, and joint founder and president, with a French Jurist, of the International Peace Campaign, known in France as Rassemblement universel pour la paix.

Robert Cecil was the son of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, by his second wife Mildred Cooke. He was not a healthy child, being a slight hunch back. He was educated at home by private tutors until he attended St John’s College, Cambridge.

2015年3月17日 · Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, plays a very interesting part in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was a trusted servant of James I who was all but a prime minister in Stuart England.

2025年3月16日 · Robert Cecil was a son of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley. He was knighted in 1591 and was Secretary of State from 1596 to 1608. He secured the...

Lord Robert Cecil (1864-1958), later known as the 1st Viscount of Chelwood, was a British lawyer, diplomat, and government minister. He served as a member of the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, playing an important role in the drafting of the Treaty of Versailles and the foundation of the League of Nations.