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The 4th Marquess was a notable Conservative leader in the House Of Lords , and he served in his cousin Arthur Balfour 's government as Lord Privy Seal (1903-1905), and later in those of Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin as Lord President Of The Council (1922-1924). He resigned as leader of the Conservative peers in June 1931 and became one of the most prominent opponents of Indian Home Rule in the Lords, supporting the campaign against the legislation waged in the Commons by Winston Churchill .

He was Lord High Steward for the Coronation of George VI in 1937 .

In 1887 he married Lady Cicely Gore , of the Earls Of Arran ; they had four children including the 5th Marquess Of Salisbury and the writer Lord David Cecil .


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