James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KG PC
Lord President of the Council
In office 26 February 1858 – 11 June 1859
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Earl Granville
Succeeded by	The Earl Granville
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 27 February 1852 – 17 December 1852
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	The Earl of Minto
Succeeded by	The Duke of Argyll
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 13 June 1823 – 12 April 1868 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Member of Parliament for Hertford
In office 1817–1823
Preceded by	Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper
Succeeded by	Thomas Byron
Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
In office 1813–1817
Preceded by	Hon. Edward Spencer Cowper
Succeeded by	Adolphus Dalrymple
Personal details
Born	James Brownlow William Cecil 17 April 1791 (1791-04-17)
Died	12 April 1868 (1868-04-13) (aged 76)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Frances Gascoyne ​ ​ (m. 1821; died 1839)​ Lady Mary Sackville-West ​ ​ (m. 1847)​
Children	11, including Robert, Eustace, and Mary Arabella
Parents	James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury Lady Emily Mary Hill

James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC (17 April 1791 – 12 April 1868), 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.