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| − | Gascoyne-Cecil was elected MP for Dorset South in 1979. He subsequently joined the "blue chip" group of backbench MPs.<ref>Anthony Seldon, [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-saturday-profile-viscount-cranborne-conservative-peer-the-last-true-blue-blood-1186204.html The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood], Independent, 21 November 1998.</ref> | + | Gascoyne-Cecil was elected MP for Dorset South in 1979.<ref>Anthony Seldon, [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-saturday-profile-viscount-cranborne-conservative-peer-the-last-true-blue-blood-1186204.html The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood], Independent, 21 November 1998.</ref> |
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| + | [[John Major]] had also applied for the Conservative candidacy in the constituency, and recounts the following experience: | ||
| + | ::I reached the second round of interviews and was waiting with the others for my ordeal when I saw the selection committee rise respectfully as a well-built young man with dark hair entered the room. One of the other candidates scowled: 'That's Lord Cranborne - he owns the constituency.' That was not quite true, although he certainly owned a lot of land.<ref>John Major, John Major - The Autobiography, Harper Collins, 2000, p.57.</ref> | ||
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| + | He subsequently joined the "blue chip" group of backbench MPs.<ref>Anthony Seldon, [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-saturday-profile-viscount-cranborne-conservative-peer-the-last-true-blue-blood-1186204.html The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood], Independent, 21 November 1998.</ref> | ||
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil is a member of the House of Lords. [1] He is well connected with Ulster unionism, a member of Friends of the Union, and part of a number of Eurosceptic and Neoconservative connected organisations such as Open Europe.
Contents
Alternatively known as...
He is also known as:
- Viscount Cranborne, his 'courtesy title'.
- Lord Salisbury
- Marquess of Salisbury
Background
Gascoyne-Cecil comes from one of England's most prominent aristocratic families, with a long history of service in Conservative administrations. His father, the sixth Marquess was a Conservative MP and President of the Monday Club.[2]
Like the four preceding Marquesses, Gascoyne-Cecil was educated at Eton and Oxford (Christ Church).[3]
Member of Parliament
Gascoyne-Cecil was elected MP for Dorset South in 1979.[4]
John Major had also applied for the Conservative candidacy in the constituency, and recounts the following experience:
- I reached the second round of interviews and was waiting with the others for my ordeal when I saw the selection committee rise respectfully as a well-built young man with dark hair entered the room. One of the other candidates scowled: 'That's Lord Cranborne - he owns the constituency.' That was not quite true, although he certainly owned a lot of land.[5]
He subsequently joined the "blue chip" group of backbench MPs.[6]
Afghanistan
According to the Independent, Gascoyne-Cecil spent part of his time as an MP in Afghanistan:
- He decided to offer his freelance services to the mujahedin, then resisting a Soviet puppet regime, when he found himself crouching in shallow trenches as Russian bombs rained down on him.[7]
House of Lords
Gascoyne-Cecil entered the Lords in 1992 as Baron Cecil.[8] He was awarded a life peerage in 1999 to allow him to sit in the reformed Lords. In November 2001, he announced he was taking a leave of absence from the Lords in protest at new rules on registration of interests.[9]
Affiliations
- Open Europe Board member
- Patron of Politeia
- Gascoyne Holdings Ltd, Director.
- Friends of the Union
- Clubs: White's, Pratt's, Beafsteak
See Also
External Resources
- TheyWorkForYou MPs: Viscount Cranborne
- TheyWorkForYou Lords: Marquess of Salisbury
References
- ↑ Tom O'Sullivan The Young Elite 1-10, The Guardian, 12 March 2000.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ John Major, John Major - The Autobiography, Harper Collins, 2000, p.57.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ Anthony Seldon, The Saturday Profile Viscount Cranborne, Conservative Peer: The last true blue blood, Independent, 21 November 1998.
- ↑ Nicholas Watt, Angry Cranborne quits 'enfeebled' Lords, Guardian, 3 November 2001.
