The Marquess of Exeter | |
|---|---|
 The Marquess of Exeter by Carlo Pellegrini, 1881. | |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | |
| In office 20 March 1867 – 1 December 1868 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| 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 PC (30 April 1825 – 14 July 1895), styled Lord Burghley between 1825 and 1867, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household between 1866 and 1867 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1867 and 1868.
Background
Exeter was the eldest son of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, and his wife Isabella, daughter of William Stephen Poyntz, MP.[1] He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was president of the University Pitt Club.[2]
Cricket
Exeter played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Cambridge University between 1847 and 1851.[3]
Political career
Exeter was elected to the House of Commons for South Lincolnshire in 1847, a seat he held until 1857,[1][4] and then represented North Northamptonshire from 1857 to 1867.[1][5] He served under the Earl of Derby as Treasurer of the Household from 1866 to 1867,[6] when he succeeded his father in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords. In March 1867 Derby appointed him Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, a post he held until December 1868,[6] the last nine months under the premiership of Benjamin Disraeli. In 1866 he was admitted to the Privy Council.[7]
Family
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:
- Brownlow Henry George Cecil, Lord Burghley, later the 4th Marquess of Exeter (1849–1898)
- Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil (1851–1889), married Edith Brookes, daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet.
- Lord William Cecil (1854–1943), married (1) Mary Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst, (2) Violet Freer.
- Lady Catherine Sarah Cecil (1861–1918), married Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard.
- Colonel Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil (1867–1942)
- Lady Isabella Georgiana Katherine Cecil (d. 1903), married William Battie-Wrightson.
- Lady Mary Louisa Wellesley Cecil (d. 1930), married James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands.
- Lady Louisa Alexandrina Cecil (d. 1950), died unmarried.
- Lady Frances Emily Cecil (d. 1951), 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
- 1 2 3 4 Lundy, Darryl. "William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter". The Peerage.
- ↑ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 78. 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]
- 1 2 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- ↑ "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