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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

1830 - 1903

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), 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. He was also Foreign Secretary before and during most of his tenure. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury has received more than 1,756,303 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury is the 541st most popular politician (up from 684th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 179th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Politician.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1900 to 1902. He is most famous for his role in the Second Boer War.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 541 out of 19,576. Before him are Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Agrippina the Younger, Ertuğrul, Theodosius II, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Abd al-Rahman III. After him are Pertinax, Franz von Papen, John II of France, Charles the Simple, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, and Abdulmejid II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 4. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Camille Pissarro, and Isabella II of Spain. After him are Abdülaziz, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Emily Dickinson, Hector Malot, Porfirio Díaz, Isma'il Pasha, and Julius Lothar Meyer. Among people deceased in 1903, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 7. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Pope Leo XIII, Herbert Spencer, Theodor Mommsen, Camille Pissarro, and Alois Hitler. After him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Otto Weininger, Hugo Wolf, and Gotse Delchev.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 136 out of 8,785. Before him are Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Aldous Huxley (1894), Bobby Charlton (1937), Edward VII (1841), Henry VI of England (1421), and William of Ockham (1285). After him are George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Roald Dahl (1916), Michael Caine (1933), William Blake (1757), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and Cat Stevens (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ranks 29. Before him are Neville Chamberlain (1869), Edward VIII (1894), Edward II of England (1284), Charles I of England (1600), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), and Henry VI of England (1421). After him are George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Æthelstan (895), John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Edward V of England (1470), and Anthony Eden (1897).

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