Marquess of Salisbury

British noble title, created in 1789 for James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who served three times as prime minister in the late 19th and early twentieth century.

The marquesses of Salisbury descend from Queen Elizabeth I's chief advisor, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, through his second son, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury[?], a close advisor to James I.

The Marquess of Salisbury holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon.

The Marquesses of Salisbury are as follows:

1. James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury[?] (1748-1823), cr. 1st Marquess of Salisbury, 1789
2. James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury[?] (1791-1868), son of the 1st Marquess
3. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), son of the 2nd Marquess
4. James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury[?] (1861-1947), son of the 3rd Marquess
5. Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury[?] (1893-1972), son of the 4th Marquess
6. Robert Edward Peter Cecil Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury[?] (1916- ), son of the 5th Marquess