William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
Victoria | |
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Prime Minister | The Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | The Earl of Tankerville |
Succeeded by | The Lord Foley |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 April 1825 |
Died | 14 July 1895 | (aged 70)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Lady Georgina Pakenham
(m. 1849; died 1895) |
Children | Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter Lord Francis Cecil Lord William Cecil Catherine Vane, Baroness Barnard Col. Lord John Joicey-Cecil Lady Isabella Battie-Wrightson Mary Hozier, Baroness Newlands Lady Louisa Cecil Lady Frances Cecil |
Parent(s) | Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter Isabella Poyntz |
William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
Early life
Exeter was the eldest son of
Exeter played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Cambridge University between 1847 and 1851.[3]
Career
Exeter was elected to the
In March 1867 Derby appointed him
Personal life
Lord Exeter married Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham, daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford, on 17 October 1848. They had at least nine children:
- Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet.
- Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil (1851–1889), who married Edith Brookes, daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet.
- Lord William Cecil (1854–1943), who married Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney. After her death in 1919, he married Violet Freer in 1924.
- Lady Catherine Sarah Cecil (1861–1918), married Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard.
- Lincolnshire Regiment and MP for Stamford.
- Lady Isabella Georgiana Katherine Cecil (d. 1903), who married William Battie-Wrightson.
- Lady Mary Louisa Wellesley Cecil (d. 1930), who married James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands.
- Lady Louisa Alexandrina Cecil (d. 1950), who died unmarried.
- Lady Frances Emily Cecil (d. 1951), who died unmarried.
Lord Exeter died in July 1895, aged 70, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Brownlow, who also became a government minister. The Marchioness of Exeter died in March 1909.[1] Lady Angela Forbes wrote in her 1919 memoir, Memories and Base Details, of how she "[stood] in wholesome dread, in company, I may say, with her own family" of the formidable Marchioness. "Not to speak until you were spoken to, was a doctrine I did not at all appreciate, but one rigidly enforced at Burleigh! Prayers were read daily by Lady Exeter in the beautiful old chapel adjoining the house ... [on] one fatal occasion I giggled – and Lady Exeter stopped dead in the middle of a sentence, looking straight at me. 'When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness' – and then there was a horrid pause. No notice was taken as we went out, but a little later a message came that 'her ladyship would like to see me.' My outward bravado was not in the least indicative of my feelings as I stood in front of her listening to a severe lecture couched in the most satirical language, whilst her two daughters stood, dragon-like, on either side of her."[8]
He held 28,000 acres across England[9]
References
- ^ a b c d Lundy, Darryl. "William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
- ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5.
- ^ "Player profile: Lord Burghley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Northampton North to Nuneaton[usurped]
- ^ St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- ^ "No. 23137". The London Gazette. 13 July 1866. p. 3983.
- ^ Forbes, Lady Angela (1921). Memories and Base Details. London: Hutchinson & Co. pp. 18–19.
- ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland