Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley
Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley , GBE , PC (born May 30, 1865 in Mayfair , † April 1, 1941 in Poole ) was a British lawyer and politician of the Conservative Party .
Life
Cecil was the eldest son of Lord Eustace Gascoyne-Cecil, the second son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury , and Lady Gertrude Louisa Scott, daughter of John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon . Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood , and Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour , were his cousins.
He attended Eton College and studied at New College of Oxford University . In 1889 he was admitted to the Inner Temple as a barrister . Between 1891 and 1892 and 1895 and 1902 he was the private secretary of his uncle, the Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury . Cecil was an MP in the House of Commons from 1898 to 1929 , initially for the East Hertfordshire constituency , from 1900 to 1918 for Aston Manor and then for Birmingham Aston .
From 1915 to 1921 he was General Secretary of the Order of Saint John . In 1917 he was accepted into the Privy Council and in 1922 knighted as the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ("Sir").
In 1921 his father left him the Lytchett Heath estate in Poole , Dorset . In 1926 he was also licensed as a barrister in New South Wales , Australia .
On January 11, 1934 he was raised as Baron Rockley , of Lytchett Heath in the County of Dorset, to hereditary peer and thereby a member of the House of Lords .
Marriage and offspring
On February 16, 1898, he married the Hon. Alicia Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, daughter of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney . They had three children:
- Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley (1901-1976);
- Hon. Margaret Gertrude Cecil († 1962) ⚭ Herbert Lane;
- Hon. Maud Katharine Alicia Cecil († 1981) ⚭ Richard Steel.
When he died in 1941, his son inherited his title of nobility.
Works
- Notes of My Journey Round the World. 1889.
- Primogeniture. 1895.
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 32563, HMSO, London, December 31, 1921, p. 10716 ( PDF , English).
Web links
- Sir Evely Cecil at Hansard (English)
- Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley on thepeerage.com
- Rockley, Baron (UK, 1934) at Cracroft's Peerage
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Rockley 1934-1941 |
Robert Cecil |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cecil, Evelyn, 1st Baron Rockley |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cecil, Sir Evelyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mayfair |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1941 |
| Place of death | Poole |