Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley, 2nd Baron Rockley of Lytchett Heath from 1 April 1941, Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Artillery, wartime Ministry of Supply and Military Government service, director and deputy chairman of several financial and commercial companies., 2nd Baron Rockley from 1 April 1941, Ministry of Supply official, director and deputy chairman of several companies.
Dates: 28 February 1901 – 26 January 1976
Biography
Only son of Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, and Hon. Alicia Margaret Tyssen-Amherst. Educated at Eton, Christ Church Oxford and Yale as a Davidson Scholar. Served in the Second World War and succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Rockley on 1 April 1941.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage, Rockley, Baron (UK, 1934) — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/rockley1934.htm
The Peerage, Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley — https://www.thepeerage.com/p4792.htm
Wikimedia Commons, Coat of Arms of the Baron Rockley — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Baron_Rockley.svg
National Portrait Gallery, Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley — https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw219910/Robert-William-Evelyn-Cecil-2nd-Baron-Rockley
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Rockley of Lytchett Heath
Father: Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley
Mother: Hon. Alicia Margaret Tyssen-Amherst
Spouse(s): Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, married 9 May 1933
Children / next generation: James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley; Hon. Charles Evelyn Cecil; Hon. Elizabeth Anne Cecil
Armorial Registry
Rockley of Lytchett Heath — Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley and first hereditary succession
Branch: Rockley of Lytchett Heath, direct male line from Lord Eustace Cecil
Issued / recorded: 1 April 1941
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