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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, FRS, DL (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903) was a British statesman. He was styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, and then the Marquess of Salisbury. He served as prime minister three times for a total of over thirteen years. He acted as his own foreign minister. He avoided alignments or alliances, maintaining the policy of "splendid isolation."

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Born	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3 February 1830 Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Died	22 August 1903 (aged 73) Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Zodiac	Aquarius
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James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury · Father · 1791-1868 · British politician edit info

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Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne · Grandson · 1887-1971 · British politician edit info

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury · Grandson · 1893-1972 · British politician edit info

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Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire · Granddaughter · 1895-1988 · British aristocrat and courtier edit info

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury · Great-grandson · 1916-2003 · British politician edit info

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David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech · Great-grandson · 1918-1985 · 5th Baron Harlech, Member of Parliament and Ambassador to the United States edit info

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