This article is about the title in the Peerage of Great Britain. For the British prime minister, see Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
Marquessate of Salisbury
Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six Escutcheons Sable, three two and one each charged with a Lion rampant of the First, a Crescent Gules for difference (Cecil); 2nd and 3rd, Argent, on a Pale Sable, a Conger's Head erased and erect Or, charged with an Ermine Spot (Gascoyne). Crests: 1st, Six Arrows in saltire Or, barbed and flighted Argent, bound together with a Belt Gules, buckled and garnished Gold, over the arrows a Morion Cap proper (Cecil); 2nd, A Conger's Head erased and erect Or, charged with an Ermine Spot (Gascoyne). Supporters: On either side a Lion Ermine.
Creation date
10 August 1789
Created by
King George III
Peerage
Peerage of Great Britain
First holder
James Cecil, 7th Earl of Salisbury
Present holder
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess
Heir apparent
Edward Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Remainder to
the 1st Marquess's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles
Earl of Salisbury Viscount Cranborne Baron Cecil
Status
Extant
Seat(s)
Hatfield House Cranborne Manor
Motto
SERO SED SERIO (Late but seriously)
Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury.[1] Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
^"No. 13123". The London Gazette. 18 August 1789. p. 550.
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