| Authorised form of name | Gascoyne-Cecil; Robert Arthur Talbot (1830 - 1903); 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; statesman; politician |
| Other forms of name | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne- |
| Other forms of surname | Cecil |
| Dates | 1830 - 1903 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England , United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 03 February 1830 |
| Place of death | Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 22 August 1903 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Beside his wife, to the east of Hatfield church, Hertfordshire, England , United Kingdom. |
| Occupation | Conservative politician |
| Research field | Politics |
| Activity | Education:
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. BA (1850); MA (1853); DCL (1869)
Career:
MP for Stamford (1853-1868); Privy Councillor (1866); Secretary of State for India (1866-1867 and 1874-1878); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1878-1880, 1885-1886 and 1887-1892); Prime Minister (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902).
Honours:
KG 1878; GCVO 1902 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/01/1869 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1882-1883, 1893-1894 |
| Relationships | Parents: James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury; succeeded as 3rd Marquess (1868), and Frances Mary, only daughter of Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall, near Liverpool.
Spouse: (m. 11 July 1857) Georgina Alderson, daughter of the judge Sir Edward Alderson.
Children: Five sons and three daughters.
Brother-in-law: Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope (FRS 1880)
Nephew: Arthur James Balfour (FRS 1888) and of Francis Maitland Balfour (FRS 1878). |
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| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 319-325, plate, signed by H McL
References:
Vanity Fair 10 July 1869, 05 July 1882 (group), 20 December 1900 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/44350506 |
| Code | NA6473 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/373/1/43 | Letter from Lord Salisbury, Downing Street, to [Thomas Edward] Thorpe | 17 May 1902 |
| NLB/14/285 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to the Most Honorable Marquis of Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil], Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 February 1897 |
| NLB/15/160 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to the Marquis of Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil], Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 July 1897 |
| NLB/17/421 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to The Marquis of Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil], Arthur James Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, George Joachim Goschen, Sir John Eldon Gorst, the Duke of Devonshire [Spencer Compton Cavendish], the Earl of Halsbury [Hardinge Stanley Giffard], and Viscount Richard Assheton Cross | 27 October 1898 |
| NLB/16/792 | Copy letter from Michael Foster and Arthur William Rucker, to the Marquess of Salisbury, H.M. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 7 June 1898 |
| NLB/20/356 | Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker and Michael Foster, to Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury | 30 March 1900 |
| MS/928/2/77 | Signature of Lord Salisbury, collected by Charles Vernon Boys | n.d. |
| IM/005599 | Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell | 1896 |
| MC/8/438 | Letter from Jas [James] Alderson, 17 Berkeley Square, to Sir Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society | 1 November 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| MC/16/20 | Letter from Hugh Cecil, 20 Arlington Street, to the Royal Society | 16 March 1893 |
| HS/24/177 | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert A. T. Gascoyne-Cecil, dated at Collingwood | 26 November 1866 |
| ACS/6/1/15 | X-Ray negative of the hand of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury, taken by Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton | 1896 |
| RSC/5/2/7 | Letter from Lord Salisbury, Foreign Office, to Mr [John] Gwyn Jeffreys | 21 January 1879 |