Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KG PC FRS DL
The then-Viscount Cranborne in 1927
Ministerial offices Leader of the House of Lords In office 28 October 1951 – 29 March 1957 Monarchs George VI Elizabeth II Prime Minister Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Preceded by The Viscount Addison Succeeded by The Earl of Home In office 21 February 1942 – 26 July 1945 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Lord Moyne Succeeded by The Viscount Addison Lord President of the Council In office 25 November 1952 – 29 March 1957 Monarch Elizabeth II Prime Minister Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Preceded by The Lord Woolton Succeeded by The Earl of Home Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations In office 12 March 1952 – 24 November 1952 Monarch Elizabeth II Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Baron Ismay Succeeded by The Viscount Swinton Secretary of State for the Colonies In office 22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Lord Moyne Succeeded by Oliver Stanley Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal In office 28 October 1951 – 7 May 1952 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Richard Stokes Succeeded by Harry Crookshank In office 22 November 1942 – 24 September 1943 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Stafford Cripps Succeeded by The Lord Beaverbrook Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs In office 24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by The Viscount Addison In office 3 October 1940 – 19 February 1942 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Viscount Caldecote Succeeded by Clement Attlee Paymaster General In office 15 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by The Earl Winterton Succeeded by Maurice Hankey Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs In office 18 June 1935 – 20 February 1938 Monarchs George V Edward VIII George VI Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain Preceded by The Earl Stanhope Succeeded by The Earl Plymouth
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 4 April 1947 – 23 February 1972 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The 6th Marquess of Salisbury
In office 21 January 1941 – 4 April 1947 as Baron Cecil of Essendon
Preceded by	James Gascoyne-Cecil (by writ of acceleration)
Succeeded by	himself
Member of Parliament for South Dorset
In office 30 May 1929 – 21 January 1941
Preceded by	Robert Yerburgh
Succeeded by	Victor Montagu
Personal details
Born	(1893-08-27)27 August 1893
Died	23 February 1972(1972-02-23) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Elizabeth Cavendish ​ (m. 1915)​
Children	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury Michael Charles James Cecil Richard Hugh Cecil
Parent	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (father)
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC, DL, FRS^[1] (27 August 1893 – 23 February 1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician.^[2][3][4]