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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Politician · born February 3, 1830 · died 1903

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.

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  1. 55Became Prime Minister of the United KingdomJune 23, 1885
  2. 62Became Leader of the OppositionAugust 11, 1892
  3. 65Became Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth AffairsJune 29, 1895

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