UK Elections Info

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Born: 4 September 1748

Died: 13 June 1823

7th Earl of Salisbury - 19 September 1780

1st Marquess of Salisbury - 25 August 1789

Member of Privy Council - 27 September 1780

father-in-law of Henry Wellesley

Treasurer of HM Household and Government Deputy Chief Whip	1780	1782
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	December 1783	1804
Postmaster-General	1816	13 June 1823

8 September 1780		Launceston		Unopposed
19 September 1780 Succession of Viscount Cranborne to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Salisbury.