William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter

Coat of arms of William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter

William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter , KG , CMG , TD ( October 27, 1876 - August 6, 1956 ) was a British peer and politician.

Life

He was the only son of Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter , from his marriage to Isabella Whichcote. As his father's apparent marriage , he carried the courtesy title of Lord Burghley from 1895 to 1898 . He attended Eton College and Magdalene College at Cambridge University .

After completing his studies, he joined the British Army as an officer and in 1899, during the Second Boer War , was temporarily aide-de-camp of Major-General John Edward Boyes of the 7th Brigade in Aldershot . During the First World War he became a colonel in a unit of the Royal Artillery .

At the death of his father in 1898 he inherited his titles as Marquess of Exeter , Earl of Exeter and Baron Burghley and thereby became a member of the House of Lords . From 1909 to 1910 he was Mayor of Stamford and from 1910 to 1940 Chairman of the County Council of Soke of Peterborough .

In 1919 he was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George . Between 1920 and 1931 he was the aide-de-camp of King George V. In 1933 he ended his career in the military. In 1937 he became a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter . In different counties he acted temporarily as justice of the peace . From 1922 to 1951 he was Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire .

Exeter married Myra Orde-Powlett, daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton , on April 16, 1901 . They had four children:

Lady Letitia Sibell Winifred Brownlow-Cecil (1903–1992), ⚭ Henry Hotham, 7th Baron Hotham ;
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981);
William Martin Alleyne Brownlow Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter (1909-1988);
Lady Romayne Elizabeth Algitha Brownlow-Cecil (1915–2001), ⚭ Major Peter Brassey, son of Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe .

^ William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. 10 volumes, 1922-1958. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk ).
^ The War - appointments. In: The Times (36066). London, February 15, 1900, p. 4

predecessor	Office	successor
Brownlow Cecil	Marquess of Exeter 1898-1956	David Cecil

personal data
SURNAME	Cecil, William, 5th Marquess of Exeter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cecil, William Thomas Brownlow, 5th Marquess of Exeter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British peer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1876
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1956