Marquess of Salisbury

The title Marquess of Salisbury is a British title of Peerage, created in 1789 for James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served three times as prime minister in the late 19th and early twentieth century.

The Marquesses of Salisbury descend from Queen Elizabeth I's chief advisor, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, through his second son, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, a close advisor to James I.

The Marquess of Salisbury holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Salisbury (created 1605), Viscount Cranborne (1604), and Baron Cecil of Essendon (1603). The title Viscount Cranborne is the courtesy title of the eldest son and heir of the Marquess.

Marquesses of Salisbury (1789)