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Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, CH, PC, QC (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil was a British statesman and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1937. He was one of the principal draftsmen of the League of Nations Covenant in 1919 and one of the most loyal workers for the League until its supersession by the United Nations in 1945.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Nobel Peace Prize 1937 was awarded to Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood "for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace"
He was created first Viscount of Chelwood in 1923 and made a Companion of Honour in 1956, was elected chancellor of Birmingham University (1918-1944) and rector of the University of Aberdeen (1924-1927), was given the Peace Award of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation in 1924 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937, was presented with honorary degrees by ...
The Nobel Peace Prize 1937 was awarded to Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood "for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace"
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, CH, PC, QC (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He helped to start the League of Nations and to defend it.
Lord Robert Cecil (1864-1958), later known as the 1st Viscount of Chelwood, was a British lawyer, diplomat, and government minister. He served as a member of the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, playing an important role in the drafting of the Treaty of Versailles and the foundation of the League of Nations.
