Lord Eustace Cecil

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Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry (Gascoyne-)Cecil, (24 April 1834–3 July 1921) was a British, Conservative Party politician.

Cecil was the youngest son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. He served with the Coldstream Guards in the Crimean War from 1855-56, rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1861 and retired from the army in 1863. On 18 September 1860, he had married Lady Gertrude Scott (the fourth daughter of the 2nd Earl of Eldon) and they had three children: Evelyn, later 1st Baron Rockley (1865-1941), Algernon (1879-1953) and Blanche Louise (1872-1945).

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Bramston and John Watlington	Member for South Essex with Henry Selwin-Ibbetson 1865–1868	Succeeded by Richard Baker and Andrew Johnston
Preceded by New constituency	Member for West Essex with Henry Selwin-Ibbetson 1868–1885	Succeeded by Constituency split
Military Offices
Preceded by Sir Henry Storks	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1874–1880	Succeeded by Sir John Adye