The Most Hon. The Marquis of Salisbury

 

THE MOST HON
THE MARQUIS
OF
SALISBURY
 
 
 
 
 

portrait image of
The Marquis

 
 
 
 
 
 

image of rose

 

5.7cm long by 2.0cm wide

 

Signed: "T.STEVENS COVENTRY" on back at pointed end

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil was the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. Born 1830 and died 1903.
He was British Conservative Prime Minster in 1886-1892; 1895-1900; and 1900-1902.
He was elected an MP in 1853 and became Disraeli's Foreign Secretary in 1878.
Whilst Prime Minister, he also served as his own Foreign Secretary between 1887-1892 and again between 1895-1900.

There is also a second version of this bookmark/favour, with a primula instead of the rose, recorded as sb640