Background
Salisbury was the son of James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, and Frances Bennett, and succeeded his father in the earldom in 1694.
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From 1712 to 1714 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. Lord Salisbury married Lady Anne Tufton, daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, on 12 February 1709. They had four children:
James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury (1713–1780)
Catherine Cecil (c 1722–1752), married John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont and had issue.
Anne Cecil (c 1728–1752)
Margaret Cecil (died 1752) died unmarried of the smallpox, at the Earl of Egmont"s in Pall-Mall.
Lady Salisbury died in 1756. The Countess Anne school in Hatfield, founded in 1735, is named after her.
1691-1694: Viscount Cranborne
1694-1728: The Rt Honorary The Fifth Earl of Salisbury.
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United Kingdom