# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-gascoyne-cecil-2nd-marquess-of-salisbury
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:48:44.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-gascoyne-cecil-2nd-marquess-of-salisbury"
name: "James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury"
slug: "james-gascoyne-cecil-2nd-marquess-of-salisbury"
description: "James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury,, styled Viscount Cranborne from birth until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under the Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 1852 and Lord President of the Council between 1858 and 1859. He was the father of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, who three times became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, who also served as Prime Minister."
tagline: "British Conservative politician (1791–1868)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Brownlow_William_Cecil%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Salisbury_Eddis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1791-04-17"
deathDate: "1868-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             5.777454020780826
  historical:           8.328658666666666
  currentAttention:     11.24144672531769
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gascoyne-Cecil"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gascoyne-Cecil%2C_II_marchese_di_Salisbury"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump