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.
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
Armorial Registry

Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — Garter stall-plate shield of James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Branch: Salisbury and Hatfield line; Garter branch of the Salisbury marquessate
Issued / recorded: 1917

Cecil-Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Branch: Salisbury marquessate; post-Gascoyne-Cecil succession
Issued / recorded: 1947

Cecil-Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
Branch: Salisbury marquessate; present principal line
Issued / recorded: 2003

Gascoyne-Cecil of Salisbury — Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Garter-era achievement
Branch: Principal Salisbury and Hatfield House line
Issued / recorded: 2019-02-27
Record history (latest 1)
- Updated crest/arms.
3 Sep 2026, 07:20 UTC · Registry system
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