Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter

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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

Cecil's coat of arms, supplemented by the coat of arms of his father-in-law Poyntz as a heart shield

On May 12, 1824, he married Isabella Poyntz, the third daughter and co-heiress of William Stephen Poyntz. They had six children together:

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

  1. ^ First-Class Matches played by the Marquis of Exeter . CricketArchives. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  2. ^ EH Budd's XI v W Ward's XI, 1817 . CricketArchives. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 21403, HMSO, London, January 18, 1853, p. 137 ( PDF , English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 22106, HMSO, London, March 2, 1858, p. 1207 ( PDF , English).
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 22278, HMSO, London, June 21, 1859, p. 2419 ( PDF , English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 20019, HMSO, London, September 17, 1841, p. 2316 ( PDF , English).
  7. ↑ London Gazette . No. 18360, HMSO, London, May 11, 1827, p. 1033 ( PDF , English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 20019, HMSO, London, September 17, 1841, p. 2315 ( PDF , English).
  9. ↑ Biography of Lord Adalbert (sic) Cecil, 1841–1889. (Spiritual Songsters) . Stempublishing.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

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predecessor Office successor
Henry Cecil Marquess of Exeter
1804-1867 		William Cecil
personal data
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