Constituency : South Shields 1916-18
Cecil took over at South Shields after the death of Russell Rea.
Cecil was the son of a civil engineer. He was educated at Sherborne School and Oxford.He ran a cast iron pipe foundry. He stood for Durham in December 1910.
Cecil resigned his seat early in 1918. He had become agnosti about Free Trade describing his stance as "in the melting pot".
Cecil was knighted in 1933.
He died in 1960 aged 91.
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