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Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil, KG, KCVO, PC, DL (born 30 September 1946) is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons, and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne.
Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury . [1] Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess , who served three times as Prime Minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Edward Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess
- James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
- Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, Baron Cecil
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Robert Gascoyne Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, was born in 1946 and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded to the title upon the death of his father in 2003. Lord Salisbury spent several years in banking in California and London.
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, Baron Gascoyne-Cecil, is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons, and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. Lord Salisbury lives in one of England's largest historic houses, the 17th-century Hatfield House in ...
Hatfield House. Hatfield House is the home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and their family. The Estate has been in the Cecil family for 400 years, the house having been completed in 1611. It was built by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury and son of Lord Burghley, the chief minister of Elizabeth I.
Lord Salisbury married Lady Emily Mary, daughter of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, on 2 December 1773. She became known as a sportswoman and influential society hostess. The couple had four children: Lord Salisbury died in June 1823, aged 74, and was succeeded by his only son, James.
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury. The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KCVO PC DL; Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire
