Cecil
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(Edgar Algernon) Robert 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
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Robert 1st Earl of Salisburyand1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne, 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).
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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-. Salisbury.
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William 1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh, 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
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a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blind.”
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Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
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Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2
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William. See (William Cecil) Burghley
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The actress bought the estate once owned by the filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille in 2017, the year after she divorced Brad Pitt, property records show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal" Karlson – born Cecil George Edwards – dramatically shouted, while resisting the officers.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Holiday programming is an exception: Over Easter weekend, ABC will air Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” same as it has almost every year since 1973.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
In a fitting irony, “The Squaw Man” itself doesn’t count because Cecil imagined it took place on the plains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
At dinner Cecil led us to the best yardstick, and mice stood on their spools for a better look at us.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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