Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
(1864-1958), Statesman; a creator of the League of NationsSitter in 31 portraits
Statesman; Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1918-19) and a creator of the League of Nations. A memorandum of 1916 written by Cecil was the basis for the League Covenant and he dominated discussions at the Peace Conference Commission on the League of Nations in 1919, later serving as President of the League of Nations Union (1923-45). He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1900s or 1910s?
NPG 2827
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1900s or 1910s?
NPG 2865
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Sir William Orpen
oil on canvas, 1919
NPG 4184
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by William Rothenstein
chalk, 1922
NPG 4769
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by John Mansbridge
oil on canvas, circa 1931
NPG 4112
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Sir Max Beerbohm
pencil and watercolour, 1931
NPG 6169
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Elliott & Fry
gelatin silver print, 1911
NPG x198587
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, published 1913
NPG x134977
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39110
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Swaine
gelatin silver print, published 1919
NPG x198586
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 February 1920
NPG x18134
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 February 1920
NPG x18133
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 3 February 1920
NPG x18135
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 14 December 1929
NPG x124816
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print on card mount, 14 December 1929
NPG x199361
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1930s
NPG x86691
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1931
NPG x166512
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, November 1943
NPG x166513
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Karl Pollak
chlorobromide print on card mount, circa 1947
NPG x15006
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
by Karl Pollak
chlorobromide print on card mount, circa 1947
NPG x15007
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