For his Life by his third son, the Rt Hon Lord Algernon Robert Cecil, see the *Dictionary of National Biography,* Supplement ii.

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Edward Charles Gurney Boyle was born on 31 August 1923 and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1948 he was President of the Oxford Union. From 1959 to 1970 he was Member of Parliament for the Handsworth division of Birmingham. During this time he held numerous parliamentary appointments i

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Lawrence Roger Lumley was born on 27 July 1896 and was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1916 he interrupted his studies to serve in France with the 11th Hussars and was wounded in March 1918. In 1922 he entered Parliament as member for Hull East, but lost the seat in the landslide o

Lord Burghley, as he was better known in his youth, was born on 5 February, 1905 the eldest son and heir of the fifth Marquess of Exeter, KG, and a descendent of Lord Burghley, the Lord Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. His athletic ability soo

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