Robert Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley

Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley ( February 28, 1901 - January 26, 1976 ) was a British manager , peer and politician .

Life

He was the son of Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley , from his marriage to the Hon. Alicia Tyssen-Amherst, daughter of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney .

He attended Eton College and studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University and at Yale University in the United States . He served as Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery in the British Army . During the Second World War he worked for the Ministry of Supply from 1939 to 1941 and for the British military government from 1944 to 1945 .

When his father died on April 1, 1941, he inherited his title of nobility as Baron Rockley and the associated seat in the House of Lords .

After the war, he worked as a manager at various companies including Schweppes , National Westminster Bank , Clerical Medical and Kleinwort Benson .

Marriage and offspring

On May 9, 1933, he married Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1912-1980), daughter of Admiral Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (1875-1964). With her he had two sons and a daughter:

• James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley (1934–2011) ⚭ Lady Sarah Cadogan, daughter of William Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan ;
• Hon. Charles Evelyn Cecil (* 1936) ⚭ Jennifer Mackinnon;
• Hon. Elizabeth Anne Cecil (1939–2016) ⚭ Andrew Wills.

When he died in 1976, his older son James inherited his title of nobility.

Web links

• Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley on thepeerage.com
• Rockley, Baron (UK, 1934) at Cracroft's Peerage
• Portrait photo from 1943 at the National Portrait Gallery, London

predecessor	Office	successor
Evelyn Cecil	Baron Rockley 1941-1976	James Cecil