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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

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Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury KG (August 27, 1893-February 23, 1972) was a grandson of the great 3rd Marquess. Nicknamed "Bobbety", the 5th Marquess was elected to the House of Commons in 1929, and then called up to the House of Lords by a writ in acceleration in 1941, before he succeeded his father as Marquess of Salisbury in 1947.

Lord Salisbury was a prominent Tory politician in the 1940s and 1950s, serving in the governments of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Harold Macmillan. He was known as a hardline imperialist, and was a staunch defender of the white-dominated regime in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1960s, and a fierce opponent of attempts to reform the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his son in 1972, and his grandson (formerly known as Viscount Cranborne) is the present incumbent since July 2003.

Lord Salisbury was married to Elizabeth Vere Cavendish, a cousin of the 10th Duke of Devonshire and a great-granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, herself a granddaughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. They had three sons, of whom only the eldest survived the Second World War.

Preceded by:
The Viscount Caldecote 		Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
1940-1942 		Followed by:
Clement Attlee
Preceded by:
Clement Attlee 		Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
1943-1945 		Followed by:
The Viscount Addison
Preceded by:
The Lord Moyne 		Secretary of State for the Colonies
1942-1945 		Followed by:
Oliver Frederick Stanley
Preceded by:
Richard Stokes 		Lord Privy Seal
1951-1952 		Followed by:
Henry Crookshank
Preceded by:
The Viscount Addison 		Leader of the House of Lords
1951-1957 		Followed by:
The Earl of Home
Preceded by:
The Lord Ismay 		Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
1952 		Followed by:
The Viscount Swinton
Preceded by:
The Lord Woolton 		Lord President of the Council
1952-1957 		Followed by:
The Earl of Home
Preceded by:
James Gascoyne-Cecil 		Marquess of Salisbury Followed by:
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
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