Major William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney, Royal Horse Guards, CBE 1963, Officer of the Order of St John., 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney from 21 December 1919, served with the Middle East Force during the Second World War, CBE, Order of St John., OStJ, army officer and Major in the Royal Horse Guards, participant in House of Lords affairs after the Second World War.
Dates: 31 May 1912–22 July 1980
Biography
Eldest son of Hon. William Amherst Cecil and Evelyn Gladys Baggallay. He succeeded his grandmother Mary as 3rd Baron Amherst in 1919 and inherited Foulden Hall and Hackney property. He later sold Foulden Hall in 1969.
Notes / Sources
Landed Families, Tyssen-Amherst family history — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2014/05/122-tyssen-amherst-later-cecil-of.html
European Heraldry, House of Cecil — https://europeanheraldry.org/united-kingdom/families/families-f/house-cecil/
Baron Amherst of Hackney peerage summary — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Amherst_of_Hackney
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil succession of the Amherst barony
Father: Hon. William Amherst Cecil
Mother: Evelyn Gladys Baggallay
Spouse(s): Margaret Eirene Clifton Brown
Children / next generation: William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney; Hon. Anthony Henry Amherst Cecil; Hon. Angela Margaret Amherst Cecil
Armorial Registry
Cecil–Amherst of Hackney — William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney, succession through the Exeter Cecil and Tyssen-Amherst lines
Branch: Cecil of Exeter through Lord William Cecil, younger son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter; maternal-grandson succession through Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Barone
Issued / recorded: 1919-12-21
Baron Amherst of Hackney — William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron
Branch: Cecil male-line succession from Lord William Cecil and Mary, 2nd Baroness Amherst
Issued / recorded: 21 December 1919
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