The Marquess of Salisbury | |
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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 |
Died | 12 April 1868 | (aged 76)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouses | |
Children | 11, including Robert, Eustace, and Mary Arabella |
Parents | |
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.
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