Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as prime minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Robert Cecil may refer to:
James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury,, styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under The Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859. He was the father of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, who also served as Prime Minister.
Baron Rockley, of Lytchett Heath in the County of Dorset, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 January 1934 for the Conservative politician Sir Evelyn Cecil, who had earlier represented Hertfordshire East, Aston Manor and Birmingham Aston in the House of Commons. He was the son of Lord Eustace Cecil, fourth son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury. The first baron was married to the horticulturist Alicia Amherst. As of 2019 the title is held by their great-grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded his father in 2011.
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil,, is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons, and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. Lord Salisbury lives in one of England's largest historic houses, the 17th-century Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, and currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury,, known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903, was a British statesman.
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury,, known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil may refer to:
Robert Salisbury may refer to:
James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury,, styled Viscount Cranborne until 1780 and known as The Earl of Salisbury between 1780 and 1789, was a British nobleman and politician.
Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury,, styled Viscount Cranborne from 1947 to 1972, was a British landowner and Conservative politician.
James Cecil may refer to:
Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry (Gascoyne-)Cecil was a British, Conservative Party politician.
Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, GBE, PC was a British, Conservative Party politician.
Georgina Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, was a British political hostess as the wife of the statesman and Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. The eldest daughter of a judge, her lack of wealth and social connections earned the disapproval of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury; despite this, Alderson married his son Robert in 1857.
Gascoyne-Cecil is a surname, and may refer to:
James Gascoyne-Cecil or Gascoyne may refer to:
Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope PC, known as Alexander Hope until 1854, was a British author and Conservative politician.
Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall Hall, Lancashire, was an eighteenth-century British politician. He was an ancestor of two British Prime Ministers, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and Arthur Balfour.
Cecil is a surname of Welsh origin.
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