Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Biography and Timeline

Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Birth of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Fellow

Appointed Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

Role range: 1852-1855

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for Stamford

Role range: 1852-1855

Oxford University

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

Role range: 1852-1855

Speech

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

Role range: 1852-1855

Marriage

Marries Georgina Alderson

Role range: 1855-1858

Secretary of State for India

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

Role range: 1866-1868 – 1866-1867

Chancellor

Appointed Chancellor of the University of Oxford

Peerage

Created Marquis of Salisbury, 3rd

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term

Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1878

Secretary of State for India

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

Role range: 1874-1880 – 1874-1874

Alashkerd Boundary Agreement

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

Role range: 1877-1878

Anglo-Russian Compromise

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

Role range: 1877-1878

Batum Free Port

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

Role range: 1877-1878

Greek Frontier Mediation

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

Role range: 1877-1878

Ottoman Asian Settlement

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

Role range: 1877-1878

Treaty Signature

Signs the final settlement as Britain's foreign secretary.

Role range: 1877-1878

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Minister

Role range: 1874-1880 – 1878-1880

Leader of the House of Lords

Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition

Role range: 1880-1885 – 1881-1881

Party Leader

Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party

Foreign Secretary of Great Britain

Appointed Foreign Secretary

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Prime Minister of Great Britain

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

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Legislation

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

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Reform of Electoral System

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

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Election

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Government

Wins the election but dependent on Irish support

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Resignation of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Resigns after having lost Irish Party support

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Prime Minister of Great Britain

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term,

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Legislation

Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Reform of Local Government

Local Government Act, transfers administration of counties to elected councils

Role range: 1885-1886 – 1885-1886

Agreement of Mediterranean

Agreement between the powers maintaining the Mediterranean status quo against Turkey

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Conference of Commonwealth

A meeting of Imperial Prime Minister's held in London

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Bloody Sunday

His government faces criticism after police violence in Trafalgar Square.

Role range: 1887-1887 – 1886-1892

Salisbury Ministry Faces Criticism

The Salisbury government faced criticism over restrictions on assembly and force used against demonstrators.

Role range: 1887-1887

Reform of Local Government

Establishes County Councils

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Convention of Constantinople

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

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Convention of Constantinople declares the Suez Canal a

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

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Convention of Constantinople

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

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Rule of Egypt

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

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892

Suez Canal

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

Role range: 1886-1892 – 1886-1892