Family / house

Cecil; Gascoyne-Cecil; Meade-Fetherstonhaugh

Family / cadet branch

Rockley of Lytchett Heath

Armiger / bearer

Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley

Entity type

cadet_branch

Social rank / class

peer

Heraldic authority

Peerage succession; inherited Rockley achievement

Record basis

other

Issued / first recorded

1941-04-01

Until / superseded

1976-01-26

Historical period

Second World War and post-war England

Grant / record reference

Inherited Barony of Rockley, created 1934

Blazon

Barry of ten Argent and Azure, over all six escutcheons Sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant Argent, and for difference a crescent Gules charged with another crescent Or. Crest, supporters and motto as for the Rockley barony.

Plain-English description

The second baron inherited the complete Rockley achievement without a documented new armorial alteration.

Tinctures

Argent; Azure; Sable; Gules; Or; Ermine

Charges / ordinaries

Six escutcheons; Lions rampant; Double crescent; Arrows; Morion cap; Ermine lions; Cecil shield; Amherst spears

Crest

Inherited Rockley crest of six arrows in saltire beneath a morion cap.

Motto

SERO SED SERIO

Exterior ornaments

Baronial coronet and the inherited Rockley supporters.

Difference / variant

Succession use of the 1st Baron's Rockley design; no distinct differencing or new grant identified.

Source reference

The Peerage, Rockley succession page

Source

Open source

Genealogical context

Father

Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley

Mother

Hon. Alicia Margaret Tyssen-Amherst

Spouse(s)

Anne Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh

Children / next generation

James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley; Hon. Charles Evelyn Cecil; Hon. Elizabeth Anne Cecil

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources