James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

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The Marquess of Salisbury
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The Most Honourable The Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC
Leader of the House of Lords
	In office; 27 April 1925 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Succeeded by	The Lord Parmoor
Monarch	In office; 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929
Other ministerial offices
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; 6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	John Robert Clynes
Succeeded by	James Henry Thomas
	In office; 17 October 1903 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury (his father) ; Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Arthur Balfour
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Ripon
Lord President of the Council
	In office; 24 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law; Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Arthur Balfour
Succeeded by	The Lord Parmoor
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	In office; 24 October 1922 – 25 May 1923
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law; Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sir William Sutherland
Succeeded by	J. C. C. Davidson
President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 12 March 1905 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	Gerald Balfour
Succeeded by	David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
	In office; 12 November 1900 – 9 October 1903
Monarchs	Victoria; Edward VII
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury; Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	The Earl Midleton
Succeeded by	The Earl Percy
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 22 August 1903 – 4 April 1947; Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Succeeded by	The 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Member of Parliament; for Rochester
	In office; 8 February 1893 – 22 August 1903
Preceded by	Horatio Davies
Succeeded by	Charles Tuff
Member of Parliament; for Darwen
	In office; 18 December 1885 – 26 July 1892
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Sir Charles Huntington
Personal details
Born	23 October 1861; London, United Kingdom
Died	4 April 1947 (aged 85); London, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lady Cicely Gore ; (1867–1955)
Children	Beatrice; Robert; Mary; David;
Parents	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; Georgina Alderson;
Alma mater	University College, Oxford

James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, CB, PC (23 October 1861 – 4 April 1947), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1868 to 1903, was a British statesman.

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