Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil (26 January 1948 – 20 April 1978) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and freelance journalist who was killed in Rhodesia whilst covering the country's Bush War. The second son of the 6th Marquess of Salisbury, Cecil was in Rhodesia with a freelance film-maker, Nick Downie, recording material for a television documentary about the war.
Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil (26 January 1948 – 20 April 1978) was a British military man, Conservative politician, and journalist who perished in Rhodesia while documenting the country's conflict. As the second son of the 6th Marquess of Salisbury, Cecil accompanied a freelance filmmaker, Nick Downie, to Rhodesia to gather material for a television documentary.