Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter ( July 2, 1795 - January 16, 1867 ) was a British peer , court official and Tory politician. He was Chamberlain of the Household and Lord Steward of the Household .
origin
He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter , and his second wife, Sarah Hoggins. His mother died shortly after his second birthday. When his father died in 1804, at the age of only eight he was given the title of 2nd Marquess of Exeter .
He was an avid cricketer . Before his political career, he competed in a first-class cricket between W Ward's XI and EH Budd's XI at Lord's Cricket Ground in 1817 .
Politician
Exeter was a member of the two Tory governments under Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby . In the first he was Lord Chamberlain of the Household between February and December 1852 and later he was Lord Steward of the Household from 1858 to 1859 - he was also Lord Lieutenant of Rutland between 1826 and 1867 and Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire between 1842 and 1867. From 1841 to 1846 he was the groom of the stole for Prince Consort Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha . In 1827 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter and in 1841 he became a member of the Privy Council .
family
On May 12, 1824, he married Isabella Poyntz, the third daughter and co-heiress of William Stephen Poyntz. They had six children together:
- William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825-1895);
- Lord Brownlow Thomas Montagu Cecil (1827-1905), British Army Colonel;
- Lady Mary Frances Cecil (1832-1917), ⚭ Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby ;
- Lord Edward Cecil (1834-1862), Commander of the Royal Navy;
- Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil (1841-1889), member of the Plymouth Brethren ;
- Lady Victoria Cecil (1843–1932), ⚭ William Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery .
Lord Exeter died in January 1867 at the age of 71. His eldest son William inherited his title of nobility. His wife died in March 1879.
Individual evidence
- ^ First-Class Matches played by the Marquis of Exeter . CricketArchives. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ EH Budd's XI v W Ward's XI, 1817 . CricketArchives. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 21403, HMSO, London, January 18, 1853, p. 137 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 22106, HMSO, London, March 2, 1858, p. 1207 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 22278, HMSO, London, June 21, 1859, p. 2419 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 20019, HMSO, London, September 17, 1841, p. 2316 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 18360, HMSO, London, May 11, 1827, p. 1033 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 20019, HMSO, London, September 17, 1841, p. 2315 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ Biography of Lord Adalbert (sic) Cecil, 1841–1889. (Spiritual Songsters) . Stempublishing.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
Web links
- Mr Brownlow Cecil at Hansard (English)
- Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter on thepeerage.com
- Exeter, Marquess of (UK, 1801) at Cracroft's Peerage
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Henry Cecil |
Marquess of Exeter 1804-1867 |
William Cecil |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cecil, Brownlow, 2nd Marquess of Exeter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Exeter, Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess of |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British peer, court official and politician (Tories) |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1795 |
DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1867 |