Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

The Marquess of Salisbury
The then-Viscount Cranborne in 1927
Ministerial offices
Leader of the House of Lords
In office
28 October 1951 – 29 March 1957
Monarchs
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Viscount Addison
Succeeded byThe Earl of Home
In office
21 February 1942 – 26 July 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Moyne
Succeeded byThe Viscount Addison
Lord President of the Council
In office
25 November 1952 – 29 March 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord Woolton
Succeeded byThe Earl of Home
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
In office
12 March 1952 – 24 November 1952
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Baron Ismay
Succeeded byThe Viscount Swinton
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Moyne
Succeeded byOliver Stanley
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
28 October 1951 – 7 May 1952
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byRichard Stokes
Succeeded byHarry Crookshank
In office
22 November 1942 – 24 September 1943
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byStafford Cripps
Succeeded byThe Lord Beaverbrook
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
In office
24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byThe Viscount Addison
In office
3 October 1940 – 19 February 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Viscount Caldecote
Succeeded byClement Attlee
Paymaster General
In office
15 May 1940 – 3 October 1940
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Earl Winterton
Succeeded byMaurice Hankey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office
18 June 1935 – 20 February 1938
Monarchs
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Earl Stanhope
Succeeded byThe Earl Plymouth
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 April 1947 – 23 February 1972
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded byThe 6th Marquess of Salisbury
In office
21 January 1941 – 4 April 1947
as Baron Cecil of Essendon
Preceded byJames Gascoyne-Cecil (by writ of acceleration)
Succeeded byhimself
Member of Parliament
for South Dorset
In office
30 May 1929 – 21 January 1941
Preceded byRobert Yerburgh
Succeeded byVictor Montagu
Personal details
Born(1893-08-27)27 August 1893
Died23 February 1972(1972-02-23) (aged 78)
PartyConservative
Spouse
Elizabeth Cavendish
(m. 1915)
Children
Parent
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury (27 August 1893 – 23 February 1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.