• British War Cabinet, the British government in wartime
• Peerage of the United Kingdom

Date of birth:

August 27th, 1893

Date of death:

February 23rd, 1972

Nationality:

British

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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