Cecil Spring Rice
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 Cecil Spring Rice  ( diplomat) | |
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| Born | 27 February 1859 St George Hanover Square, London, England |
| Died | 14 February 1918 (Age 58) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | • Eton • Balliol College (Oxford) |
| Spouse | Florence Caroline Lascelles |
| Member of | The Pilgrims Society |
| Relatives | Thomas Spring Rice |
As British Ambassador to the USA from 1912 to 1918, was responsible for the organisation of British efforts to end American neutrality during the First World War.
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Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice was a British diplomat who was British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918, as which he was responsible for the organisation of British efforts to end American neutrality during the First World War.
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Shortly before World War 1, Rice was posted to Washington as Ambassador to the US, his primary mission being to persuade Woodrow Wilson's administration to abandon its position of neutrality and take sides against Germany.
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