England; Peerage of the United Kingdom
Baron Amherst of Hackney — William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron
- Family / house
- Cecil; Tyssen-Amherst; Amherst of Hackney; Foulden Hall; Hackney
- Family / cadet branch
- Cecil male-line succession from Lord William Cecil and Mary, 2nd Baroness Amherst
- Armiger / bearer
- William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- Peerage records; family history
- Record basis
- confirmation
- Issued / first recorded
- 21 December 1919
- Until / superseded
- 22 July 1980
- Historical period
- Interwar and post-war peerage
- Grant / record reference
- Succession through the issue male of Mary, 2nd Baroness Amherst
- Blazon
- Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Barry of ten Argent and Azure, six escutcheons three, two and one Sable, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, a mullet for difference, for Cecil; 2nd and 3rd, Gules, three tilting-spears two and one Or, headed Argent, for Amherst. Crest: On a chapeau Gules turned up Ermine, a garb Or supported by two lions rampant, the dexter Argent and the sinister Azure. Supporters: On either side a heron Proper collared Or. Motto: COR UNUM VIA UNA.
- Plain-English description
- The third baron bore the inherited Cecil-and-Amherst shield without a separately documented cadency change. The title and arms continued through the male descendants of Mary, 2nd Baroness.
- Tinctures
- Argent; Azure; Sable; Gules; Or; Ermine; Proper
- Charges / ordinaries
- escutcheons; lions rampant; mullet; tilting-spears; garb; herons
- Crest
- A gold garb supported by a white and a blue lion on a red and ermine cap.
- Motto
- COR UNUM VIA UNA
- Exterior ornaments
- Baronial coronet and heron supporters in the full achievement.
- Difference / variant
- Inherited the formal baronial design through the special remainder; no distinct shield difference is evidenced.
- Source reference
- Landed Families, Tyssen-Amherst family history
- Linked historical person
- William Alexander Evering Cecil
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- Hon. William Amherst Cecil
- Mother
- Evelyn Gladys Baggallay
- Spouse(s)
- Margaret Eirene Clifton Brown
- Children / next generation
- William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney; Hon. Anthony Henry Amherst Cecil; Hon. Angela Margaret Amherst Cecil
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
This finding is deliberately limited to the third baron, whose succession is a distinct documented generational transmission. The fourth and fifth barons are already present in the registry context.