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- Title
The Marquis of Salisbury.
- Authors
Ryan, A. P.
- Abstract
The article discusses British Prime Minister Robert Cecil, the Marquis of Salisbury, notable for his tenure of over thirteen years as Tory leader and Prime Minister chosen from Parliament's House of Lords in the nineteenth century. Topics considered include an outline of his political career including his term as Member of Parliament, his position as Foreign Secretary, and his diplomatic attendance at the 1878 Congress of Berlin. Other topics considered include his political stance regarding public education, voting rights, and the colonial administration of the British Empire.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SALISBURY, Robert Cecil, marquess of, 1830-1903; BRITISH prime ministers; FOREIGN ministers (Cabinet officers); SUFFRAGE; EDUCATION policy; STATESMEN; BRITISH diplomats; 19TH century British colonial administration; VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901; BRITISH politics &; government, 1837-1901
- Publication
History Today, 1951, Vol 1, Issue 4, p30
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article