Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Biography

Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Appointed Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

Elected Member of Parliament for Stamford

Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill

Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill

Marries Georgina Alderson

Appointed Secretary of State for India, 1st term, under Lord Derby

Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford

Created Marquis of Salisbury, 3rd

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

Appointed Secretary of State for India, 2nd term, under Disraeli

Appointed Foreign Minister

Signs an agreement with Shuvalov providing for an Anglo-Russian-Ottoman commission to delimit the Alashkerd frontier.

Works with Count Shuvalov to settle major Anglo-Russian differences before and during the congress.

Accepts Russian possession of Batum after Russia declares its intention to make the port essentially commercial and free.

Supports provisions allowing the Great Powers to mediate if Greece and the Ottoman Empire cannot agree on frontier changes.

Helps shape the compromise that leaves Kars, Ardahan and Batum to Russia but restores Bayazid and Alashkerd to the Ottoman Empire.

Signs the final settlement as Britain's foreign secretary.

Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition

Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term, a minority administration

Redistribution of Seats Bill, creates seats in Yorkshire, Lancashire & outer London

Redistribution of Seats Bill, creates seats in Yorkshire, Lancashire & outer London. Merges smaller boroughs into County constituencies

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils

Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils

Resigns after having lost Irish Party support

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term,

Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey

A meeting of Imperial Prime Minister's held in London

His government faces criticism after police violence in Trafalgar Square.

The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule

The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule

The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule

The Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British, who had occupied Egypt and Sudan at the request of Khedive Tewfiq to suppress the Urabi Revolt against his rule

Establishes County Councils

Supports the convention guaranteeing freedom of navigation through the Suez Canal in peace and war.

Heligoland is ceded to Germany

Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education

Free Education Act, abolishes fees for primary education

Nyasaland becomes a British Protectorate

Conservatives 340, Liberal Unionists 71, Liberals 177 & Irish Party 82

French ambition in the Nile lead Salisbury to order Britain to reoccupy the Sudan

Russia disclosed a plan to seize Constantinople if Britain intervenes in Crete

Workmens Compensation Act, makes the employer liable for accidents at work

Workmens Compensation Act, makes the employer liable for accidents at work

Britain purchases the Royal Niger Company

Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda

Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

Concludes an Anglo-French agreement defining spheres of influence between the Nile and Congo basins after the Fashoda crisis.

The number of Treaty ports in China is increased to 50

Backs British participation in the allied intervention.

The Boer War splits the Cabinet and leads to Salisbury's resignation

Retires in favor of his nephew Arthur Balfour

Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance, ends British "splendid isolation"

Great Britain & Japan sign an alliance, ends British "splendid isolation"

Death of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Death of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil