Lieutenant Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, 10th Earl of Exeter, 11th Baron Burghley, Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire, British peer and courtier, Courtesy style Lord Edward Cecil, Royal Navy, appointed 3 February 1855, Lieutenant and commander in HMS Dapper in the Baltic during the Russian War, Commander in HMS Surprise from 6 November 1858 to 24 April 1860., Courtesy Lord, Lieutenant and Commander in the Royal Navy. Served in Dapper during the Russian War and later in Surprise on the China and Cape of Good Hope stations., evangelist and writer associated with the Plymouth Brethren, served earlier in the Rifle Brigade., 9th Earl of Exeter, 10th Baron Burghley, Member of Parliament for Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, 1747–1754, Fellow of the Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries.
Dates: 1795–1867
Biography
Brownlow Cecil inherited the Exeter and Burghley titles in 1823 and represented the continuing senior male line of the family founded by William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. His arms retained the established Cecil quarters and senior-line form.
Notes / Sources
Wikimedia Commons file, Shield of arms of Brownlow Cecil — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shield_of_arms_of_Brownlow_Cecil,_2nd_Marquess_of_Exeter,_KG,_PC.png
Wikimedia Commons, Cecil (Marquess of Exeter) arms — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cecil_(Marquess_of_Exeter)_arms
Cracroft's Peerage, Marquess of Exeter — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/exeter1901.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil of Burghley and Exeter
Father: Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter
Mother: Sarah Hoggins
Spouse(s): Isabella Poyntz
Children / next generation: William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Exeter — Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter, childless Burghley succession to the 1st Marquess
Branch: Burghley House; late eighteenth-century Exeter succession
Issued / recorded: 1754
Cecil of Exeter — Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, Garter achievement
Branch: Senior Exeter line; Burghley House
Issued / recorded: 1804
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter — senior Burghley achievement
Branch: Cecil of Burghley, Exeter and Marquesses of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 1821
Cecil of Exeter — Lord Edward Henry Cecil and the naval collateral branch
Branch: Third-son naval branch of the 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 1834
Cecil of Exeter — Commander Lord Edward Henry Cecil and the naval younger-son branch
Branch: Younger-son branch of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 1834-12-25
Cecil of Exeter — Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil and the Canadian religious collateral branch
Branch: Youngest surviving-son religious and Canadian collateral branch of the 2nd Marquess of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 1841
Cecil of Exeter — Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter, childless successor and transmitter of the Chambers-descended inheritance
Branch: Exeter senior succession; eldest surviving son of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter, and Hannah Sophia Chambers
Issued / recorded: 21 September 1725
Record history (latest 1)
- Updated crest/arms.
2 Sep 2026, 17:46 UTC · William James Dalrymple Bedding Fanshawe West Esq., Lord of Watlington-West, Norfolk
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