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Robert Cecil
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Robert Cecil

Politician · born September 14, 1864 · died 1958

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Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. 58Became Lord Privy SealMay 25, 1923
  2. ~60Became rector1924
  3. 60Became Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterNovember 10, 1924
  4. ~73Received the Nobel Peace Prize1937

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