Lieutenant Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil, Knight Bachelor, internationally prominent British flat-racing trainer, ten-time British champion trainer and trainer of 25 domestic Classic winners., Younger son in baronial precedence by Royal Warrant of 8 January 1921, Parachute Regiment, formerly officer in the Gordon Highlanders, Second World War casualty., 2011, internationally renowned British flat-racing trainer, ten-time champion trainer and trainer of numerous British Classic winners.
Dates: 11 January 1943 – 11 June 2013
Biography
Born posthumously as the third son of Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett. He became one of Britain's most successful racehorse trainers, notably training Frankel and numerous Classic winners. His paternal descent connects him directly to the Foulden and Hackney Cecil-Amherst branch, while his maternal ancestry derives from the Burnett baronets of Leys.
Notes / Sources
The Peerage, Person Page 6475 — https://thepeerage.com/p6475.htm
Peerage News, Sir Henry Cecil 1943–2013 — https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2013/06/sir-henry-cecil-1943-2013.html
Independent obituary — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/champion-horse-trainer-sir-henry-cecil-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-8654573.html
Wikimedia Commons, Arms of Baron Amherst of Hackney — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arms_of_Baron_Amherst_of_Hackney.svg
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney; Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil descendants
Father: Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil
Mother: Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett
Spouse(s): Julia Murless; Natalie Payne; Jane Guest
Children / next generation: Sophie Cecil; Catriona Cecil
Armorial Registry
Amherst-Cecil of Foulden and Hackney — Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil and the wartime collateral branch
Branch: Elder-nephew collateral branch; son of Captain William Amherst Cecil and cousin of Sir Nigel Cecil
Issued / recorded: 1914-04-01
Amherst-Cecil of Foulden and Hackney — Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil and the posthumous Burnett-connected branch
Branch: Posthumous son of Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil; racehorse-training branch connected to Burnett of Leys
Issued / recorded: 1943-01-11
Cecil-Amherst of Foulden and Hackney — Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil, posthumous sporting and literary collateral branch
Branch: Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil collateral line; posthumous branch of the Foulden and Hackney Cecils
Issued / recorded: 1943-01-11
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