William Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney

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His coat of arms combines the arms of the Cecil and Amherst families

William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney CBE OStJ (born May 31, 1912 - July 22, 1980 ) was a British peer and politician.

Life

He was the elder son of the Hon. William Cecil and the Gladys Evelyn Baggallay. When his father fell in World War I in 1914 , he became apparent heir of his paternal grandmother, Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney , and inherited the title of Baron Amherst of Hackney when she died in 1919 at the age of six .

He attended Eton College and completed his studies at Trinity College of Cambridge University in 1933 as a Bachelor of Arts from. He then joined the British Army and fought as a major in the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) in World War II .

After the war he took part in the debates in the House of Lords . In Hansard numerous parliamentary speeches are recorded by him.

He was named Officer of the Order of Saint John and in 1963 Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

Marriage and offspring

On September 14, 1939, he married Margaret Eirene Clifton Brown (1921-2009). He had three children with her:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr William Cecil in Hansard (English)

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predecessor Office successor
Mary Cecil Baron Amherst of Hackney
1919-1980 		William Cecil
personal data
SURNAME Cecil, William, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cecil, William Alexander Evering, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1912
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1980