Bob's your uncle
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"Bob's your uncle" is an idiom commonly used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries that means "and there it is", "and there you have it" or "it's done". Typically, someone says it to conclu
Robert "Bob" Cecil
Portrait of Arthur Balfour by John Singer Sargent
A.J. Balfour LCCN2014682753
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. He also later served as foreign secretary in the L
Bob's your uncle
…hypothesis is that the expression arose after Conservative Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ("Bob"), appointed his nephew Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, an act of nepotism, which was apparently both surprising and unpopular. Whatever other qualifications Balfour…
Whittingehame House
Balfour early in his career
Balfour c. 1890