Cec·il (s s  l), (Edgar Algernon) Robert. First Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. 1864-1958. British public official who helped draft the League of Nations Covenant and was president of the League of Nations Union (1923-1945). He won the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Cecil, Robert. First Viscount Cranborne and First Earl of Salisbury. 1563?-1612. English statesman who helped secure the throne for James I after the death of Elizabeth I (1603). |
| Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne. Third Marquis of Salisbury. 1830-1903. British politician who was foreign minister under Benjamin Disraeli and prime minister (1885-1892 and 1895-1902). |
| Cecil, William. First Baron Burghley or Burleigh. 1520-1598. English statesman and chief adviser to Elizabeth I. He persuaded the queen to execute Mary Queen of Scots. |
Cecil [ˈsɛsəl ˈsɪs-]
n
1. (Biographies / Cecil, David, Lord (1902-1986) M, English, WRITING: literary critic, WRITING: biographer) Lord David. 1902-86, English literary critic and biographer
2. (Biographies) Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury
3. (Biographies) William. See (William Cecil) Burghley
Cec•il (ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs-)
n.
1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, Salisbury (def. 1).
2. William (1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh), 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
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