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Second Boer War. Relations. 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. The 1st Viscount Wimbledon ( Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt, 1631) 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.
Viscount Wimbledon. Edward Cecil, 1. Viscount Wimbledon (* 29. Februar 1572; † 16. November 1638) war ein englischer Offizier und Parlamentsabgeordneter. Er kommandierte 1625 während des Krieges mit Spanien die gescheiterte Expedition nach Cádiz . Edward Cecil, 1. Viscount Wimbledon (Gemälde von Michiel van Mierevelt)
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, KP, GCVO, FRS (10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927) was an Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Guinness family , he was the head of the family's eponymous brewing business , making him the richest man in Ireland.
Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon. 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. He eventually came to be regarded as a great military hero, although several of his naval operations against the Spanish in the 1620s were notable failures.
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. He joined the Grenadier Guards on 30 April 1887 and did 4 years regimental duty. He was a lieutenant in ...
Biography. Probably Cecil’s first journey to the Continent was in September 1594, when he received a licence to travel with his elder brother Richard: his earliest surviving letter to his uncle Robert was written from Florence in November 1596. Then, as his monumental inscription states, he ‘followed the wars in the Netherlands’ for 35 years.
