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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Died on August 22, 1903

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ( GASK-oyn SISS-əl; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.

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