Family / house

Cecil; Rockley; Cadogan

Family / cadet branch

Rockley of Lytchett Heath

Armiger / bearer

Anthony Robert Cecil, 4th Baron Rockley

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

College of Arms Roll of the Peerage; Cracroft's Peerage

Record basis

recording

Issued / first recorded

5 December 2011

Historical period

Twenty-first-century Britain

Grant / record reference

Succession to Baron Rockley on 5 December 2011 under the 1934 letters patent

Blazon

Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, and for difference a crescent Gules charged with another crescent Or. Crest, supporters and motto as for the Barons Rockley.

Plain-English description

The current baron continues the hereditary Rockley arms: the Salisbury Cecil shield with its distinctive red-and-gold double crescent, the arrows and morion crest, ermine lion supporters and SERO SED SERIO motto.

Tinctures

Argent; Azure; Sable; Gules; Or; Ermine

Charges / ordinaries

six lion-bearing escutcheons; double crescent; arrows and morion; ermine lions; pendant shields

Crest

As for the Barons Rockley.

Motto

SERO SED SERIO

Exterior ornaments

Baronial achievement. The College of Arms Roll records Anthony Robert as hereditary Baron Rockley and surname Cecil.

Difference / variant

Current hereditary continuation of the 1934 Rockley achievement.

Source reference

College of Arms Roll of the Peerage

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley

Mother

Lady Sarah Primrose Beatrix Cadogan

Spouse(s)

Katherine Jane Whalley

Children / next generation

Hon. William Evelyn Cecil; Hon. Emily Sarah Cecil; Hon. Lydia Elizabeth Cecil

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources