Gascoyne-Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert, (1864-1958), Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

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Alternative name(s):	Chelwood (Also known as)
Surname:	Gascoyne-Cecil
Forenames:	Edgar Algernon Robert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1864-1958
Title:	Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
History:	Politician & diplomat. One of the creators of the League of Nations. At Paris Conference Commission on League, 1919. Delegate for South Africa at League Assemblies, 1920-22. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1924-27.
Biography:	ODNB link for Cecil, Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne- (1864-1958) Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
References:	Concise DNB, 1992; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274937 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P142200 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	Cecil, Viscount
2	corresp and papers (134 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 51071-204
3	political and personal corresp and papers	Hatfield House Library and Archives	CHE1-118	NRA 10632 Gascoyne-Cecil See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
4	1915-19: corresp	The National Archives	FO 800/195-98
5	letters to Herbert Asquith	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Asquith	NRA 12685
6	1876-1929: corresp with Arthur James Balfour	British Library, Manuscript Collections	ADD MSS 49737-38
7	1909-11: corresp with Lord Balfour of Burleigh	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRA923	NRA 18285 Bruce
8	1916-21: letters to RD Blumenfeld	Parliamentary Archives	BLU	NRA 13874
9	c1885-1918: letters to his brother Lord Edward Cecil	Kent History and Library Centre	U1599/C712	NRA 20659
10	1930-59: letters to Dame Kathleen Courtney	London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library	7KDC/F	NRA 29386
11	1918-23: corresp with JCC Davidson and Andrew Bonar Law	Parliamentary Archives	DAV	NRA 33872
12	1908-22: corresp with Lord Emmott	Oxford University: Nuffield College Library	Emmott papers	NRA 17309 Emmott
13	1921-24: corresp with Lord Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 46476-77
14	1915-16: corresp with HA Gwynne	Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents		NRA 29866 Gwynne
15	corresp with Edward House	Yale University Libraries: Sterling Memorial Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
16	1909-23: corresp with Andrew Bonar Law (c200 items)	Parliamentary Archives	BL	NRA 19286
17	1916-21: corresp with David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
18	1919-39: corresp with Lord Lothian	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40	NRA 10737 Kerr
19	corresp with Lord Lugard	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Lugard	NRA 8555 Lugard
20	1927-43: letters to Manchester Guardian	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Guardian archives	NRA 18162 Guardian
21	1914-36: letters to Lady Milner	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Violet Milner	NRA 20659
22	1916-56: corresp with Gilbert Murray	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Gilbert Murray	NRA 16865
23	1925-49: corresp with Noel-Baker	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	NBKR	NRA 24828
24	1916-18: corresp with Sir RS Paget	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51254
25	1916-32: letters to Lord Ponsonby	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng hist a 20, c 561-85, d 363	NRA 18634
26	1916-39: corresp with Rumbold	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Rumbold	NRA 22147
27	1906-26: corresp with Walter Runciman	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WR	NRA 13873
28	1931-46: letters to Lord Samuel	Parliamentary Archives	SAM	NRA 11187
29	1908-28: corresp with 2nd Earl Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Selborne	NRA 17810
30	1905-48: corresp with 2nd and 3rd Earls and Maud Countess of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
31	1908-22: corresp with John St Loe Strachey	Parliamentary Archives	STR	NRA 19285
32	1933-49: corresp rel to Society for Protection of Science and Learning	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Index	NRA 31126