The Marquess of Exeter | |
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![]() Garter-encircled shield of arms of William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel. | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 October 1876 |
Died | 6 August 1956 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett
(
m. 1901) |
Children | Letitia Hotham, Baroness Hotham David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter William Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter Lady Romayne Brassey |
Parent(s) |
Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter Isabella Whichcote |
Alma mater |
Eton Magdalene College, Cambridge |
William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG, CMG, TD (27 October 1876 – 6 August 1956), known as Lord Burghley from 1895 to 1898, was a British peer.
Exeter was the son of Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter, and his wife, the former Isabella Whichcote. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1] In 1899 he acted temporarily as aide-de-camp to Major-General John Edward Boyes, with the 7th Brigade at Aldershot. [2]
Lord Exeter married Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett, daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 4th
Baron Bolton, on 16 April 1901.
They had four children:
The Marquess of Exeter | |
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![]() Garter-encircled shield of arms of William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG, as displayed on his Order of the Garter stall plate in St. George's Chapel. | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 October 1876 |
Died | 6 August 1956 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett
(
m. 1901) |
Children | Letitia Hotham, Baroness Hotham David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter William Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter Lady Romayne Brassey |
Parent(s) |
Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter Isabella Whichcote |
Alma mater |
Eton Magdalene College, Cambridge |
William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, KG, CMG, TD (27 October 1876 – 6 August 1956), known as Lord Burghley from 1895 to 1898, was a British peer.
Exeter was the son of Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter, and his wife, the former Isabella Whichcote. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1] In 1899 he acted temporarily as aide-de-camp to Major-General John Edward Boyes, with the 7th Brigade at Aldershot. [2]
Lord Exeter married Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett, daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 4th
Baron Bolton, on 16 April 1901.
They had four children: