| The Most Honourable The Marquess of Exeter PC, DL |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 24 November 1891 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Viscount Lewisham |
| Succeeded by | Hon. Charles Spencer |
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| Born | 20 December 1849 |
| Died | 9 April 1898 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Isabella Whichcote (d. 1917) |
Brownlow Henry George Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter PC, DL (20 December 1849 - 9 April 1898), styled Lord Burghley between 1867 and 1895, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1891 and 1892.
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Exeter was the eldest son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, and Lady Georgiana Sophia, daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford. Lord William Cecil and Lord John Joicey-Cecil were his younger brothers.[1]
Exeter was elected to the House of Commons for Northamptonshire North in 1877, a seat he held until 1895,[1][2][3] and served under his kinsman Lord Salisbury as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1891 to 1892.[1][3][4][5] In 1891 he was admitted to the Privy Council.[6] He succeeded his father in the marquessate in 1895 and took his seat in the House of Lords.[1]
Apart from his political career Lord Exeter was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards and Colonel in the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Northamptonshire Regiment. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.[1]
Lord Exeter married Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet, in 1875. He died in April 1898, aged only 48, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William. The Marchioness of Exeter died in July 1917.[1]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by George Ward Hunt Sackville Stopford-Sackville |
Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire North 1877–1895 With: Sackville Stopford-Sackville 1877–1880 Hon. Charles Spencer 1880–1885 (Representation reduced to one member 1885) |
Succeeded by Edward Philip Monckton |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Viscount Lewisham |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1891–1892 |
Succeeded by Hon. Charles Spencer |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William Alleyne Cecil |
Marquess of Exeter 1895–1898 |
Succeeded by William Thomas Brownlow Cecil |