The Henson Journals
Lord Cranbourne, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th marquess of Salisbury (1893-1972; ODNB), Christ Church, Oxford; as Lord Cranborne, MP(C) South Dorset, 1929-41; parliamentary under-secretary, foreign office, 1935-38; resigned from government with Eden, and became prominent critic of continued appeasement of Germany; paymaster general 1940; secretary of state, dominions, 1940-2; elevated to Lords, 1941; leader, House of Lords, 1942-3, 1951-7; lord privy seal, 1942-3, then further cabinet offices to 1945 and in Conservative governments,1951-7; succeeded father, 1947. See also Volume 72, 73, 80.
Not mentioned in any journals.