Lionel Cecil, Lieutenant-colonel, British Army, country gentleman, resident and landholder associated with Orchardmains.
Dates: 21 March 1853 – 13 January 1901
Biography
The youngest son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by Lady Mary Catherine Sackville-West. He served in the British Army and was closely associated with his brother Lord Arthur Cecil and with Orchardmains. Contemporary accounts describe the brothers' residence and activities in the Innerleithen district, where Lionel was known as a horseman and local patron. He died unmarried in 1901.
Notes / Sources
Hatfield House Archives and Collections — https://hatfield-house.co.uk/explore/archives-collections/visiting-the-archives/
The Border Magazine, account of Orchardmains and Lord Lionel Cecil — https://electricscotland.com/history/newspapers/The_Border_Magazine06.pdf
Innerleithen Golf Club historical record — https://www.innerleithengolf.co.uk/uploads/1/9/7/1/19710715/innerleithen_golf_club_june_2013_meeting_.pdf
Wikimedia Commons, Salisbury arms of the 2nd Marquess — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shield_of_arms_of_James_Gascoyne-Cecil,_2nd_Marquess_of_Salisbury,_KG,_PC.png
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Orchardmains younger-son branch
Father: James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
Mother: Lady Mary Catherine Sackville-West
Armorial Registry
Cecil of Orchardmains — Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Lionel Cecil
Branch: Orchardmains younger-son branch of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
Issued / recorded: 1853
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