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James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

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James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, Knight of the Garter, Conservative politician and statesman., 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil for life from 1999, Conservative Member of Parliament for South Dorset, Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords, Knight of the Garter., 1868–1903, Member of Parliament for East Lancashire/Darwen and Rochester, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1900–1903, 22 August 1903, 1903–1905 and 1924–1929, President of the Board of Trade, 1905, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1922–1923, Lord President of the Council, 1922–1924, 1925–1929, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1909, Knight Companion of the Garter, 1917., 4th Marquess of Salisbury from 22 August 1903, Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter from 1917, senior Conservative peer and Leader of the House of Lords, 1925–1929., 13th Earl of Salisbury, Baron Cecil of Essendon by writ of acceleration, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil of Essendon for life, KG from 2019, KCVO from 2012, PC and DL.

Dates: 17 July 1861 – 4 April 1947

Biography

Eldest son of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, he succeeded to the marquessate in 1903 and continued the principal Hatfield and Cranborne succession of the Salisbury branch. His Garter stall-plate provides a faithful visual record of the inherited Gascoyne-Cecil arms.

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Notes / Sources

Wikimedia Commons, Garter-encircled shield of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shield_of_Arms_of_James_Gascoyne-Cecil,_4th_Marquess_of_Salisbury,_KG,_GCVO,_CB,_PC.png
Cracroft's Peerage, Marquess of Salisbury — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/salisbury1789.htm

Family / Armorial Context

Family / cadet branch: Salisbury marquessate

Father: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Mother: Georgina Alderson

Spouse(s): Lady Cicely Alice Gore

Children / next generation: Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury; Lord David Cecil; Lord Rupert Gascoyne-Cecil

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  1. Updated crest/arms.
    3 Sep 2026, 07:20 UTC · Registry system

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