James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury 1748-1823

In 1745 [his father] James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 31] and [his mother] Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 24] were married. She by marriage Countess Salisbury. He the son of [his grandfather] James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury and [his grandmother] Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury.

On 4th September 1748 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury was born to James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 34] and Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 27].

In 1771 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 22] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

On 2nd December 1773 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 23] were married. She the daughter of Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 55] and Margaretta Fitzgerald. He the son of James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 60] and Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 52]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1774 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] was elected MP Gravesend.

In 1776 John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 57] and Margaretta Fitzgerald.

In 1776 [his mother] Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury [aged 55] died.

In 1780 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 31] was appointed Treasurer of the Household.

On 19th September 1780 [his father] James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury [aged 66] died. His son James [aged 32] succeeded 7th Earl Salisbury. [his wife] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 30] by marriage Countess Salisbury. Mary Grave of Baldock received over £50,000 in his Will, besides jewellery, silver and furniture. In addition, the Earl bequeathed £43,000 to his seven children by her.

In 1784 John Chetwynd-Talbot 1st Earl Talbot [aged 34] was created 1st Earl Talbot, 1st Viscount Ingestre. [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot by marriage Countess Talbot.

On 29th June 1786 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire [aged 33] and Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire [aged 22] were married. He the son of [his father-in-law] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 68] and Margaretta Fitzgerald.

On 14th July 1789 [his daughter] Emily Anne Bennet Elizabeth Cecil Marchioness Westmeath was born to James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 40] and [his wife] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 38]. She married 29th May 1812 George Nugent 1st Marquess Westmeath and had issue.

The London Gazette 13123. Whitehall, August 18 [1789].

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Marquess of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable James Earl of Salisbury [aged 40], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Marquess of Salisbury, in the County of Wilts. [[his wife] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 39] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.]

The King has also been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Marquess of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Thomas Viscount Weymouth [aged 54], Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the Heirs Male of his body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Marquess of Bath, in the County of Somerset. [Elizabeth Bentinck Marchioness Bath [aged 54] by marriage Marchioness of Bath.]

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of an Earl of this Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable George Viscount Mount-Edgcumbe and Valletort [aged 69], and the Heirs Male of liis Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe. [Emma Gilbert Countess Mount Edgcumbe by marriage Countess of Mount Edgcumbe.]

The King has been pleased to grant the Dignities of Viscount and Earl of the Kingdom of Great Britain to the Right Honourable Hugh Lord Fortescue [aged 36], and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully begotten, by the Name, Stile and Title of 1stViscount Ebrington, of Ebrington in the County of Gloucester, and Earl Fortescue. [Hester Granville Countess Fortescue [aged 23] by marriage Countess Fortescue.]

Around 1790 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 41] commissioned the demolition of Quickswood, Clothall following th death of Mary Grave of Baldock.

On 17th April 1791 [his son] James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury was born to James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 42] and [his wife] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 40]. He married 1. 2nd February 1821 Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury and had issue 2. 29th April 1847 his fourth cousin twice removed Mary Catherine Sackville-West Marchioness Salisbury, daughter of George Sackville-West 5th Earl De La Warr and Elizabeth Sackville Countess De La Warr, and had issue.

On 7th October 1793 [his father-in-law] Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire [aged 75] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Arthur [aged 40] succeeded 2nd Marquess Downshire. Mary Sandys Marchioness Downshire [aged 29] by marriage Marchioness Downshire.

On 7th September 1801 [his brother-in-law] Arthur Hill 2nd Marquess Downshire [aged 48] committed suicide suspected to be as a consequence of his political life. His son Arthur [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Marquess Downshire.

In 1804 [his sister-in-law] Charlotte Augusta Hill Countess Talbot died.

On 29th May 1812 [his son-in-law] George Nugent 1st Marquess Westmeath [aged 26] and Emily Anne Bennet Elizabeth Cecil Marchioness Westmeath [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 63] and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 61].

Before 1821 [his son-in-law] Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley [aged 47] and Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley were married. She the daughter of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 72] and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 70]. He the son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington [aged 78]. They were second cousin once removed.

On 2nd February 1821 James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury [aged 29] and Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury [aged 15] were married. He the son of James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 72] and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 70].

On 13th June 1823 James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury [aged 74] died. His son James [aged 32] succeeded 2nd Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 8th Earl Salisbury. Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury [aged 17] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

On 22nd November 1835 [his former wife] Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury [aged 85] died.

[his daughter] Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil Baroness Cowley was born to James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury. She married before 1821 her second cousin once removed Henry Wellesley 1st Baron Cowley, son of Garrett Wellesley 1st Earl Mornington and Anne Hill Countess Mornington.

[his daughter] Caroline Cecil was born to James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury and Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury.