William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney, director of E. A. Gibson, shipbrokers, 1975–1990, director of Short Sea Europe plc, 1996–2009
Dates: 28 December 1940 – 2 April 2009
Biography
William Hugh Amherst Cecil, generally known as Hugh, was the elder son of William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney. Educated at Eton, he succeeded his father on 22 July 1980. He maintained the Cecil-Amherst branch associated with Foulden and Hackney and was succeeded by his only son in 2009.
Notes / Sources
Cracroft's Peerage, Amherst of Hackney, Baron (UK, 1892) — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/amherst1892.htm
The Peerage, William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney — https://www.thepeerage.com/p6471.htm
Landed Families of Britain and Ireland, Tyssen-Amherst later Cecil — https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2014/05/122-tyssen-amherst-later-cecil-of.html
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil of Foulden and Hackney
Father: William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney
Mother: Margaret Eirene Clifton Brown
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Merriman
Children / next generation: Aurelia Margaret Amherst Cecil; Hugh William Amherst Cecil, 5th Baron Amherst of Hackney
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Foulden and Hackney — William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney
Branch: Cecil of Foulden and Hackney; fourth Baron Amherst of Hackney
Issued / recorded: 1980
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