James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
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James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (17 April 1791 – 12 April 1868) was an English Conservative politician. He was known by the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne before 1823.
He entered the House of Commons in 1813 as a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and later sat for Hertford before succeeding to the marquessate in 1823. He served in two of Lord Derby's governments, first as Lord Privy Seal (1852) and later as Lord President of the Council (1858 – 1859). He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1842.
He was married twice, first to Francis Mary Gascoyne on 2 February 1821 and later to Mary Catherine Sackville-West, daughter of the 5th Earl de la Warr and Lady Elizabeth Sackville, Baroness Buckhurst, on 29 April 1847. He had six children with his first wife and five with his second. His third son, Robert, who succeeded him as third marquess, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times between 1885 and 1902.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by: Sir John Murray, Thomas Wallace, John Broadhurst and Henry Trail | Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with John Murray, Masterton Ure and Christopher Idle 1813–1817 | Succeeded by: John Murray, Masterton Ure, Christopher Idle and Adolphus Dalrymple |
| Preceded by: Edward Cowper Nicolson Calvert | Member of Parliament for Hertford with Nicolson Calvert 1817–1823 | Succeeded by: Nicolson Calvert and Thomas Byron |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by: The Earl of Minto | Lord Privy Seal 1852 | Succeeded by: The Duke of Argyll |
| Preceded by: The Earl Granville | Lord President of the Council 1858–1859 | Succeeded by: The Earl Granville |
| Peerage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by: James Cecil | Marquess of Salisbury 1823–1868 | Succeeded by: Robert Cecil |
