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Marquess of Salisbury. Lord Edward Herbert Gascoyne-Cecil KCMG DSO (12 July 1867 – 13 December 1918), known as Lord Edward Cecil, was a distinguished and highly decorated English soldier. As colonial administrator in Egypt and advisor to the Liberal government, he helped to implement Army reforms.
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (29 February 1572 – 16 November 1638) was an English military commander and a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.
Lord Edward Cecil was Baden-Powell's Chief of Staff during the Defence of Mafeking. Latterly he was Director-General of Intelligence for the Sudanese Government and Financial Advisor to the Egyptian Government. He was born on 12 July 1867 the 4th son of the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury.
Lord Edward Cecil was a British aristocrat, soldier and colonial administrator of Egypt in the early 20th century. If you can look past the colonial attitude and undercurrent of racism, this was a fascinating book, providing a firsthand account of a "day in the life" of the British ruling class.
Baden-Powell sent Colonel Plumer with the Rhodesian Regiment to a nearby town, Tuli, while he established his Bechuanaland Regiment in Mafeking, with a handful of British officers. His second-in-command was Major Lord Edward Cecil, son of the British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury.
Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon. (1572-1638), Naval and military commander. Sitter in 4 portraits. A military and naval commander, and the grandson of the great Elizabethan statesman, Lord Burghley, Wimbledon served under Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I.
