Biography of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 1861-1947

Paternal Family Tree: Cecil

On 23 Oct 1861 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury was born to Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 31).

On 26 Jul 1864 Frederick Smith 2nd Viscount Hambleden and [his future sister-in-law] Esther Georgiana Caroline Gore Viscountess Hambleden were married. They had five children. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 25) and Edith Jocelyn Countess Arran (age 19).

On 19 Jan 1886 David Ogilvy 11th Earl of Airlie (age 29) and [his future sister-in-law] Mabell Gore Countess Airlie (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 47) and Edith Jocelyn Countess Arran.

On 17 May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 25) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran (age 48) and Edith Jocelyn Countess Arran. He the son of Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 57).

On 10 Aug 1891 [his daughter] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech was born to James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 29) and [his wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 24).

On 27 Aug 1893 [his son] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury was born to James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 31) and [his wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 26).

On 29 Jul 1895 [his daughter] Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire was born to James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 33) and [his wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 28).

On 09 Apr 1902 [his son] Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil was born to James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 40) and [his wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 34).

On 22 Aug 1903 [his father] Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 73) died. His son James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 41) succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, , 9th Earl Salisbury. [his wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

The Times. 22 Jun 1910. LORD ACHESON (age 33) AND MISS CARTER (age 22).

The marriage of Viscount Acheson (age 33), elder son of the Earl (age 68) and Countess of Gosford (age 54), and Miss Mildred Carter (age 22), only daughter of Mr. J. Ridgely Carter (age 46), American Minister to Rumania, and Mrs. Ridgely Carter (age 45), took place yesterday at St. George's, Hanover-square. The Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal (the Rev. Edgar Sheppard, D.D.) performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. David Anderson and other clergy, and Mr. Ridgely Carter (age 46) gave his daughter away. She wore a very simple wedding gown of soft white satin with a long train draped with old point de Venise, and a Venetian lace cap over a spray of myrtle and orange blossom, covered by a plain tulle veil. Master David Stanley, Master Julian Ward, and Miss Diana Roberts, dressed all in white, followed the bride, and there were seven bridesmaids, Lady Theo Acheson (age 28) (sister of the bridegroom), Lady Victoria Stanley, Mlle. Irene deo La Grange, Miss Canilla Morgan, the Hon. Rhoda Astley, Miss Elsie Nicholl, and Miss Marian Scranton, who wore white chiffon dresses with draped bodices and wreaths of myrtle beneath tulle veils. They also wore diamond neckislides and carried loose bunches of red roses. The Hon. Patrick Acheson (age 26) was best man to his brother.

Mrs. Ridgely Carter (age 45) afterwards held a large reception at Dorchester House (lent by the American Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid), and among the many who came on from the church were the French, Russian, German, Spanish, and Italian Ambassadors, the Danish Minister, tho Rumanian Minister, the Swedish Minister and Countess Wrangel, Mme. Dominguez, the Servian Charge d'Affaires and Mme. Grouitel, the Chilian Minister and Mme. Gana, the Belgian Minister and Countess de Lalaing, the Duke (age 63) and Duchess of Somerset (age 57), Katharine Duchess of Westminster (age 53) and Lady Helen Grosvenor (age 22), Prince and Princess Alexis Dolgorouki, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hamilton, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, the Marquis (age 48) and [his wife] Marchioness of Salisbury (age 42), the Marchioness of Anglesey (age 26), the Countess of Powis (age 45), the Earl (age 56) and Countess of Chesterfield, the Countess of Kintore and Lady Hilda Keith-Falconer, the Earl (age 68) and Countess of Gosford (age 54), Prince and Princess Frederick Liechtenstein, the Countess of Kimberley, Countess Grey, the Marquis d'Hautpoul, the Countess of Leicester (age 54) and Lady Bridget Coke (age 19), the Earl (age 41) and Countess of Craven (age 38), the Earl of Desart, Countess Fritz Hochberg, the Earl and Countess of Meath, the Countess of Bilmorey, the Countess of Londesborough (age 49) and Lady Irene Denison (age 19), the Earl and Countess of Derby (age 70), the Earl (age 51) and Countess of Yarborough (age 51), Ellen Lady Inchiquin and the Hon Lilah O'Brien, Lord and Lady Charles Beresford, Lord and Lady Leith of Fyvie, Lady Saltoun, Baroness Nunburnholme (age 30), Baroness Newborough, Sir John and Lady Lister-Raye, Lord and Lady Monson, Lord and Baroness Savile, Lady Rothschild, Viscount and Viscountess AIdleton, Lady Alexander Paget, Lady Harcourt, Lady Desborough, Lord Suffield, Sir Herbert and Lady Jekyll and Miss Jekyll, the Hon. Sir Francis and Baroness Ufford and Miss Viliers, Lady Heien Vincent, Lord Knaresborough and the Hon. Helen Meysey-Thompson, Lady Pauncefote, Lord and Lady Weardale, Lady Grace Baring, Lord Strathcona, Lady Margaret Graham and Miss Graham, Sir Francis and Lady Channing, Mary Baroness Gerard, Baroness Manners and the Hon. Misses Manners, Lady Edward Cavendish, Mme. Langenbach, Lord Revelstoke, the Countess of Bessborough (age 84) and Ladv Gweneth Ponsonby (age 22), Lord Aberdare and the Hon. Eva Bruce, the Hon. Harry and Mrs. Lawson, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. F. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Arthur James, Mrs. Walter Burns, Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, Mrs. Lowther and Miss Lokther, Mine. Vagliano, Captain and Mrs. Clonman, Miss Ralli, Mr. William Giuett, Mrs: Hwfa Williams, the Hon. Mrs. Derek Keppel, Mr. William Phillips, Mrs. Frank D'Arcy, the Hon. Lady Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Sassoon, Sir Bartle Frere, Mme. de Bille, Mrs. Featherston- haugh, Mrs. Cotton Jodrell, Mrs. Frank Mackay, the Hon. Urs. Charles Lawrence, the Hon. Mrs. Rochfort Maguire, Lady Barrymore, Mrs. Chauncey, and Mrs. Ronalds.

Lord (age 33) and Lady Acheson (age 22) left later in the afternoon for the Continent, the bride (age 22) travelling in a dress of grey chiffon and a large hat swathed in tulle to match the dress.

A list of the principal wedding presents was published in The Times yesterday.

On 12 Apr 1913 [his son-in-law] George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech (age 28) and [his daughter] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech (age 21) were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 51) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 45).

On 08 Dec 1915 [his son] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury (age 20) were married. He the son of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 54) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 48).

In 1917 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 55) was appointed 858th Knight of the Garter by George V King United Kingdom (age 51).

On 04 Apr 1947 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 85) died. His son [his son] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (age 53) succeeded 5th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury (age 52) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

On 05 Feb 1955 [his former wife] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 87) died.

Royal Ancestors of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 1861-1947

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 23 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of William "Lion" I King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Philip "The Fair" IV King France

Ancestors of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 1861-1947

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Cecil 4th Earl Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Bennett Countess of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: James "Wicked Earl" Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Tufton 6th Earl of Thanet 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Cavendish Countess Isle Thanet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Keet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keet

GrandFather: James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Michael Hill

Great x 3 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Trevor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Clotworthy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William O'Brien 3rd Earl Inchiquin 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Villiers Countess Inchiquin 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Father: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Crisp Gascoyne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bamber Gascoigne "The Elder"

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bamber of Mincing Lane

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bamber

Great x 1 Grandfather: Bamber "The Younger" Gascoyne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Issac Green of Lancashire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Green

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Aspinwall

GrandMother: Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandfather: Chase Price

Great x 1 Grandmother: Sarah Bridget Frances Price

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Evelyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Evelyn Glanville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Susan Evelyn

James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England