William Cecil (Military, 1886)
Hon. William Amherst Cecil (born June 30, 1886 - September 16, 1914 on the Aisne , France ) was a British nobleman and military man.
He was the eldest son of Lord William Cecil and Mary Thyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney . On his father's side, he was a grandson of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter .
On April 14, 1910, he married Gladys Evelyn Baggallay (1884-1947) with whom he had two sons, William Alexander Evering Cecil (1912-1980) and Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (1914-1942).
He served as an officer in the British Army and rose to the rank of captain of the Grenadier Guards . He fought in World War I and died on September 16, 1914 in the First Battle of the Aisne . On January 1, 1915, he was posthumously awarded the newly founded Military Cross .
Since his mother survived, her title of nobility fell in 1919 to his older son William as 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney . His younger son Henry died in 1942 as a lieutenant in a paratrooper unit in North Africa during World War II .
Individual evidence
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 29024, HMSO, London, December 29, 1914, p. 8 ( PDF , English).
Literature and web links
- Charles Mosley (Ed.): Burke's Peerage and Baronetage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, Crans 1999, p. 68.
- Captain William Amherst Cecil on thepeerage.com
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| SURNAME | Cecil, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cecil, William Amherst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1886 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1914 |
| Place of death | near Aisne , France |