Colonel Commander Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil, Lieutenant in the Parachute Regiment, granted the rank of a baron's son by royal warrant on 8 January 1921., Younger son of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter, Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, Extra Gentleman Usher to George V, CVO, officer of the Lincolnshire Regiment., Royal Navy, temporary Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem., courtier, Equerry to Princess Beatrice, Bailiff Grand Cross of the Order of St John
Dates: 1 April 1914 – between 30 November and 2 December 1942
Biography
Younger son of Captain William Amherst Cecil and Gladys Evelyn Baggallay, and grandson of Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney. He served in the Second World War and was killed in North Africa. His descendants included Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil, the celebrated racehorse trainer, and David Henry Amherst Cecil.
Notes / Sources
The Peerage, Person Page 6474 — https://thepeerage.com/p6474.htm
Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, Tyssen-Amherst later Cecil — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2014/05/122-tyssen-amherst-later-cecil-of.html
Wikimedia Commons, Arms of Baron Amherst of Hackney — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Baron_Amherst_of_Hackney.svg
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney; Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil collateral line
Father: Captain William Amherst Cecil
Mother: Gladys Evelyn Baggallay
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett
Children / next generation: Lieutenant John Strongbow Amherst Cecil; James Comyn Amherst Burnett of Leys; Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil; David Henry Amherst Cecil
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Exeter — Lord William Cecil and the paternal male-line bridge into Amherst of Hackney
Branch: Younger-son branch of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter; husband of Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst
Issued / recorded: 1854-11-02
Amherst-Cecil of Foulden and Hackney — Commander Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil and the youngest-son naval branch
Branch: Youngest son of Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst; Foulden and Hackney branch
Issued / recorded: 1893-03-09
Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and the North African wartime collateral branch
Branch: Foulden and Hackney branch through Captain William Amherst Cecil; North African wartime collateral line
Issued / recorded: 1914-04-01
Cecil of Exeter — Colonel Lord William Cecil and the paternal male-line bridge into the Amherst succession
Branch: Third-son branch of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 2 November 1854
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