Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KG PC FRS DL |
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil in 1943
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| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 25 November 1952 – 29 March 1957 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Winston Churchill Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | The Lord Woolton |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Home |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 21 February 1942 – 26 July 1945 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Lord Moyne |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Addison |
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In office 28 October 1951 – 29 March 1957 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Addison |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Home |
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| Born | 27 August 1893 |
| Died | 23 February 1972 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Cavendish (1897–1982) |
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury Michael Charles James Cecil Richard Hugh Cecil |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG PC FRS DL (27 August 1893 – 23 February 1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.
Nicknamed "Bobbety", Salisbury was the eldest son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, by his wife Lady Cicely, daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran, and the grandson of Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, receiving an honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws 1951.
He served in the Army during the First World War. He was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards (SR) from 1915 throughout the war until its end. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Chevalier Order of the Crown of Belgium. When the war ended, he went to work at Westminster Bank. In 1928, he was appointed a director and to the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts; he was promoted to chairman of the commission in 1957.
Salisbury was elected as a Conservative to the House of Commons as MP for South Dorset in 1929. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal in 1934 in Ramsay MacDonald's National Government, he was promoted serving as Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1935 to 1938. He was made Paymaster-General by Winston Churchill in May 1940 for the duration of the Battle of Britain but was appointed Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from 1940 to 1942.
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