Lord Richard Cecil

Who was Lord Richard Cecil?

Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil was the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury. Lord Richard's mother was Marjorie Olein Wyndham-Quin, who had married his father in 1945.

The Salisbury family had well established links with the country of Rhodesia. Rhodesia's capital city was named after the third Marquess. The family had extensive land holdings in the country and the fifth Marquess was a leading British supporter of the white minority UDI government that ran Rhodesia from 1965 to 1979.