David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter
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David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter,
Early life
Born near
Athlete
A notable runner at school and at Cambridge, he continued with his athletics and won the British
Burghley made his
In 1931 Burghley was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for
In 1933, Burghley became a member of the
As an IOC member and president of the IAAF, Burghley presented the medals for the 200 m at the
Politician
Burghley was a member of the
Family
The Marquess of Exeter was a descendant of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief minister and, later, treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. On his death the title passed to his brother, Lord Martin Cecil.
Lord Burghley married firstly on 10 January 1929,
- Lady Davina Mary Cecil (29 June 1931 – 6 September 2018),[10] married John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard on 8 October 1952.[11] They divorced in 1993.[12]
- Hon. John William Edward Cecil (1 June 1933 – 6 Jul 1934).[9]
- Lady Gillian Moyra Katherine Cecil (8 March 1935 - 17 June 2022),[9] married Sir Giles Henry Charles Floyd, 7th Baronet on 23 November 1954.[13] They divorced in 1978.[14]
- Lady Angela Mary Rose Cecil (born 21 May 1938),[9] CVO and former Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; married Sir William Richard Michael Oswald on 21 April 1958.[14]
He married secondly on 12 December 1946,[9] Diana Mary Henderson (10 January 1911 – 6 June 1982),[15] granddaughter of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon,[1] and widow of Lt.-Col. David Walter Arthur William Forbes.[9] They had one daughter:
- Lady Victoria Diana Cecil (born 28 June 1947),[9] married Simon Patrick Leatham on 25 April 1967.[14]
Great Court Run
In June 1927, in his final year at Magdalene College, Cambridge, Burghley sprinted around Great Court at Trinity College at midnight in the time it took the college clock to toll 12 o'clock. This inspired the scene in the film Chariots of Fire in which Harold Abrahams accomplishes the same feat. The character Lord Andrew Lindsay in Chariots of Fire, played by Nigel Havers, is based upon Burghley, but he did not allow his name to be used because of the inaccurate historical depiction in the film. There was never a race in which Abrahams beat Burghley in this feat as the film suggests; in fact, Abrahams never attempted the Great Court Run.[16]
He was the first[
References
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- ^ "David Cecil". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Activist athlete John Carlos is Brighton lecturer; Sports Journalists' Association 2 March 2012
- ^ "50 stunning Olympic moments No13: Tommie Smith and John Carlos salute" The Guardian 8 February 2012
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 66.
- ^ "Tributes paid to Lady Davina Barnard, who died aged 87". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Lord Barnard dies aged 92". Sunderland Echo. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Henry Edward Cecil (Harry) Floyd 1958–2013". 27 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, p. 1365. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, p. 1390. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ a b Ryan, Mark (February 2012). "Flame & Fortune". Runner's World.