Captain Thomas James Amherst Cecil, 10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, younger son of Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney
Dates: 9 November 1887–4 October 1955
Biography
Educated at Eton, Thomas served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and was wounded during the First World War. He married Vera Agnes Barclay at St George's, Hanover Square, on 29 July 1912. Their only recorded child was Barclay James Amherst Cecil.
Notes / Sources
The Peerage, Captain Thomas James Amherst Cecil — https://thepeerage.com/p6475.htm
Lord William Cecil genealogy — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Cecil_%28courtier%29
Cecil of Exeter achievement, Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Cecil,_Marquesses_of_Exeter.svg
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil of Exeter, younger-son branch through Lord William Cecil; Cecil–Barclay of Firle
Father: Colonel Lord William Cecil, younger son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
Mother: Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney
Spouse(s): Vera Agnes Barclay
Children / next generation: Barclay James Amherst Cecil
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Exeter — Captain Thomas James Amherst Cecil and the Barclay marriage branch
Branch: Younger-son branch of Cecil of Exeter through Colonel Lord William Cecil; Firle branch after marriage to Vera Agnes Barclay
Issued / recorded: 1887-11-09
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