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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury

ロバート・ガスコイン＝セシル　/　ろばーと・がすこいん＝せしる

Politician from United Kingdom

September 30, 1946 (age 79)　・　Sutton Courtenay, United Kingdom

politician
land owner
aristocrat

My Take

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, fascinates me as a living thread of British political history. Educated at Eton, he sat for South Dorset in the Commons from 1979 and rose to Leader of the House of Lords in the 1990s as Viscount Cranborne, capped by a Knighthood of the Garter. There is a particular gravity to an aristocrat who inherits not just land but responsibility, and I find that weight genuinely interesting in an age of disposable celebrity. He is not flashy, and I suspect that is the point. To me, figures like him represent the quiet, custodial side of public life that holds an institution together.

Overview

Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil (born 30 September 1946) is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons, and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
Name (Japanese): ロバート・ガスコイン＝セシル
Reading: ろばーと・がすこいん＝せしる
Born: September 30, 1946 (age 79)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dog
Origin: Sutton Courtenay, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: politician / land owner / aristocrat

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Eton College

Awards & achievements

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
2019 Knight of the Garter

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%20(%E7%AC%AC7%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E4%BE%AF%E7%88%B5)

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