Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC (1893–1972), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1903 to 1947, was a British Conservative politician. Initially elected to the House of Commons in 1929, Salisbury was summoned ot the House of Lords in 1941, becoming the leader of the Conservative Party in that house until 1957. He also served in several different offices during the 1940s and 1950s. He played an important role in the selection of Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton to the office of prime minister 1957.

In later years, the imperialist Salisbury was quite vocal in his support for white-ruled governments in Africa.

More trivally, he went by the nickname "Bobbety", and had a noticable speech impediment which caused him to pronounce the letter "r" like the letter "w".

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil in The War That Came Early
Viscount Cranborne was part of the group of disgruntled MPs gathered together by Ronald Cartland after Britain allied with Germany in mid-1940.