William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Exeter
PC
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
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lady Georgina Pakenham (d. 1909)

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 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:

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lundy, Darryl. "William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter". The Peerage.
  2. 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.
  3. "Player profile: Lord Burghley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. leighrayment.com House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South
  5. leighrayment.com House of Commons: Northampton North to Nuneaton
  6. 6.0 6.1 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
  7. The London Gazette: no. 23137. p. 3983. 13 July 1866.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Christopher Turnor
Sir John Trollope, Bt
Member of Parliament for South Lincolnshire
1847–1857
With: Sir John Trollope, Bt
Succeeded by
Sir John Trollope, Bt
Anthony Wilson
Preceded by
Thomas Philip Maunsell
Augustus O'Brien-Stafford
Member of Parliament for North Northamptonshire
1857–1867
With: Augustus O'Brien-Stafford 1857
George Ward Hunt 1857–1867
Succeeded by
George Ward Hunt
Sackville Stopford-Sackville
Political offices
Preceded by
Lord Otho FitzGerald
Treasurer of the Household
1866–1867
Succeeded by
Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert
Preceded by
The Earl of Tankerville
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
1867–1868
Succeeded by
The Lord Foley
Preceded by
The Earl of Ilchester
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
1874–1875
Succeeded by
The Earl of Shrewsbury
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Brownlow Cecil
Marquess of Exeter
1867–1895
Succeeded by
Brownlow Cecil