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Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury KG (August 27, 1893-February 23, 1972) was a grandson of the great 3rd Marquess. Nicknamed "Bobbety", the 5th Marquess was elected to the House of Commons in 1929, and then called up to the House of Lords by a writ in acceleration in 1941, before he succeeded his father as Marquess of Salisbury in 1947.

Lord Salisbury was a prominent Tory politician in the 1940s and 1950s, serving in the governments of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Harold Macmillan. He was known as a hardline imperialist, and was a staunch defender of the white-dominated regime in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1960s, and a fierce opponent of attempts to reform the House of Lords. He was succeeded by his son in 1972.

Lord Salisbury was married to Elizabeth Vere Cavendish, a cousin of the 10th Duke of Devonshire and a great-granddaughter of the 7th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, herself a granddaughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. They had three sons, of whom only the eldest survived the Second World War.

Preceded by: The Viscount Caldecote	Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1940–1942	Followed by: Clement Attlee
Preceded by: Sir Stafford Cripps	Lord Privy Seal 1942–1943	Followed by: The Lord Beaverbrook
Preceded by: Clement Attlee	Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs 1943–1945	Followed by: The Viscount Addison
Preceded by: The Lord Moyne	Secretary of State for the Colonies 1942–1945	Followed by: The Viscount Addison	Leader of the House of Lords 1951–1957	Followed by: The Earl of Home
Preceded by: Richard Stokes	Lord Privy Seal 1951–1952	Followed by: The Lord Ismay	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1952	Followed by: The Lord Woolton	Lord President of the Council 1952–1957	Followed by: The Earl of Home

Preceded by: James Gascoyne-Cecil

Marquess of Salisbury

Followed by: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil