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Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of

Salisbury, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoigne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of ( 1830 – 1903 )
British Conservative statesman, Prime Minister ( 1885 – 86 ; 1886 – 92 ; 1895 – 1902 ). His main area of concern was foreign affairs; he was a firm defender of British imperial interests and supported the policies that resulted in the Second Boer War ( 1899 – 1902 ).

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