Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Salisbury
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	The then-Viscount Cranborne in 1927
Monarchs
Ministerial offices
Leader of the House of Lords
	In office; 28 October 1951 – 29 March 1957
Monarchs	George VI; Elizabeth II;
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill; Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan;
Preceded by	The Viscount Addison
Succeeded by	The Earl of Home
	In office; 21 February 1942 – 26 July 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Lord Moyne
Succeeded by	The Viscount Addison
Lord President of the Council
	In office; 25 November 1952 – 29 March 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill; Anthony Eden;
Preceded by	The Lord Woolton
Succeeded by	The Earl of Home
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
	In office; 12 March 1952 – 24 November 1952
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Baron Ismay
Succeeded by	The Viscount Swinton
Secretary of State for the Colonies
	In office; 22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Lord Moyne
Succeeded by	Oliver Stanley
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; 28 October 1951 – 7 May 1952
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Richard Stokes
Succeeded by	Harry Crookshank
	In office; 22 November 1942 – 24 September 1943
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Stafford Cripps
Succeeded by	The Lord Beaverbrook
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
	In office; 24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	Clement Attlee
Succeeded by	The Viscount Addison
	In office; 3 October 1940 – 19 February 1942
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Viscount Caldecote
Succeeded by	Clement Attlee
Paymaster General
	In office; 15 May 1940 – 3 October 1940
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Earl Winterton
Succeeded by	Maurice Hankey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 18 June 1935 – 20 February 1938
Monarchs	George V; Edward VIII; George VI;
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin; Neville Chamberlain;
Preceded by	The Earl Stanhope
Succeeded by	The Earl Plymouth
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 4 April 1947 – 23 February 1972 ; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The 6th Marquess of Salisbury
	In office; 21 January 1941 – 4 April 1947 ; as Baron Cecil of Essendon
Preceded by	James Gascoyne-Cecil (by writ of acceleration)
Succeeded by	himself
Member of Parliament; for South Dorset
	In office; 30 May 1929 – 21 January 1941
Preceded by	Robert Yerburgh
Succeeded by	Victor Montagu
Personal details
Born	27 August 1893
Died	23 February 1972 (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Elizabeth Cavendish (m. 1915)
Children	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury; Michael Charles James Cecil; Richard Hugh Cecil;
Parent	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (father);
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

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.