Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood

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Lord Hugh Cecil, around 1914

Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood ( October 14, 1869 - December 10, 1956 ), also known by the short name Hugh Cecil , was a British politician and peer .

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He was the fifth and youngest son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , who was British Prime Minister three times between 1883 and 1902 , from his marriage to Georgina Alderson. As the younger son of a marquess , he was the courtesy "Lord" Hugh Cecil from birth . His cousin, the son of a sister of his father, was the statesman and philosopher Arthur Balfour , who held numerous government offices between 1883 and 1929, including that of Prime Minister (1902-1905) and that of Foreign Minister (1916-1919).

He attended Eton College and studied at the University College of Oxford University . After completing his studies, he supported his father from 1891 to 1892 as assistant private secretary in his office as foreign minister.

In 1895 he was a conservative candidate for the constituency of Greenwich to the House of Commons voted. He was re-elected several times for this constituency until 1906. In 1910 he became a member of the Conservative Party for Oxford University, which he represented in Parliament for the next 27 years until 1937.

In the first decade of the 20th century, Cecil acted as the eponymous leader of the " Hughligans " (a play on Cecil's first name Hugh and the English word hooligan ), a group of rebellious young Conservative MPs who stood out for their vigorous criticism of the leaders of their party. In addition to Cecil, the Hughligans included Frederick Edwin Smith , Arthur Stanley , Ian Malcolm and - until 1904 - Winston Churchill , at whose wedding in 1908 Cecil appeared as best man. Cecil thus opposed his own relative Arthur Balfour, who in November 1911 was finally forced to resign due to the manifold criticism and to allow the election of a successor .

During the First World War , he served temporarily as a lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps .

In 1937 Cecil left the House of Commons and was Provost of Eton College from 1936 to 1944 . On January 25, 1941 Cecil was conferred the hereditary title of Baron Quickswood , of Clothall in the County of Hertford , making him a member of the House of Lords . Since he remained unmarried and childless, this title expired on his death in 1956.

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  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 35068, HMSO, London, February 7, 1941, p. 752 ( PDF , English).
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SURNAME Cecil, Hugh, 1st Baron Quickswood
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gascoyne-Cecil, Hugh Richard Heathcote, 1st Baron Quickswood; Cecil, Lord Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1869
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1956