Lieutenant Richard William Francis Cecil, younger son of Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil, associated with the Cecil-Bain marriage controversy of 1901.
Dates: 7 August 1882 – 6 September 1933
Biography
Youngest son of Lord Francis Cecil and Edith Brooks. He married Jessie Bain in Edinburgh in 1901. Their only recorded son, Flying Officer Richard Francis Bain Cecil, died in a 1929 plane crash, leaving a posthumous daughter, Jean Francis Cecil.
Notes / Sources
The Peerage, Richard William Francis Cecil and descendants — https://www.thepeerage.com/p28287.htm
National Library of Scotland, Highland News, 26 October 1901 — https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/2459/6227/245962276.23.pdf
Wikimedia Commons, Cecil Marquesses of Exeter arms — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Cecil,_Marquesses_of_Exeter.svg
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil-Bain continuation of the Lord Francis Cecil branch
Father: Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil
Mother: Edith Brooks
Spouse(s): Jessie Bain
Children / next generation: Richard Francis Bain Cecil
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Exeter — Richard William Francis Cecil and the Bain-married younger-son continuation
Branch: Younger-son branch of Lord Francis Cecil through Richard William Francis Cecil; Cecil-Bain line
Issued / recorded: 1882-08-07
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