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Biography of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter 1825-1895

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On 12th May 1824 [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter were married. She by marriage Marchioness Exeter. He the son of [his grandfather] Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and [his grandmother] Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter.

On 30th April 1825 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was born to Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter.

In July 1835 [his step-father] Horace Beauchamp Seymour-Conway and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter were married.

Around 1837 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter educated at St John's College, Cambridge University.

In 1847 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was elected MP South Lincolnshire.

On 17th October 1848 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl Longford and Georgiana Lygon Countess Longford. He the son of Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter.

On 20th December 1849 [his son] Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

On 5th July 1851 [his son] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

On 2nd November 1854 [his son] William Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

In 1857 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was elected MP North Northamptonshire.

On 8th April 1861 [his daughter] Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

In 1862 [his brother-in-law] William Pakenham 4th Earl of Longford and Selina Rice Trevor Countess Longford were married. She by marriage Countess Longford. He the son of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl Longford and [his mother-in-law] Georgiana Lygon Countess Longford.

In 1866 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter was appointed Privy Council.

In 1867 [his son] John Pakenham Joicey Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

On 16th January 1867 [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter died. William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter succeeded 3rd Marquess Exeter, 12th Earl Exeter, 13th Baron Burghley. [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter by marriage Marchioness Exeter.

He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford.

Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter: On 2nd July 1795 he was born to Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. On 1st May 1804 Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter died. Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter succeeded 2nd Marquess Exeter, 11th Earl Exeter, 12th Baron Burghley. On 12th May 1824 Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter were married. She by marriage Marchioness Exeter. He the son of Henry Cecil 1st Marquess Exeter and Sarah Hoggins Countess Exeter. In 1827 he was appointed 664th Knight of the Garter by King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 14th October 1874 [his son] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil and [his daughter-in-law] Edith Brooks were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 6th March 1879 [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter died.

In 1880 [his son-in-law] James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands and [his daughter] Mary Louisa Cecil Baroness Newlands were married. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 28th June 1881 [his son-in-law] Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and [his daughter] Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 2nd September 1885 [his son] William Cecil and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 23rd June 1889 [his son] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil died.

On 14th July 1895 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter died. [his son] Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter succeeded 4th Marquess Exeter, 13th Earl Exeter, 14th Baron Burghley. Monument in the Church of St John the Baptist, Barnack.

Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter: On 20th December 1849 he was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter. On 7th September 1875 Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter and Isabella Whichcote Marchioness of Exeter were married at St Denys' Church, Aswarby. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 26th March 1909 [his former wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter died.

[his daughter] Frances Emily Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

[his daughter] Louisa Alexandrina Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

[his daughter] Mary Louisa Cecil Baroness Newlands was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.

[his daughter] Isabella Georgiana Katherine Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter.