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

On 12th May 1824 [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter [aged 28] and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 21] 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 [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter [aged 29] and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 22].

In July 1835 [his step-father] Horace Beauchamp Seymour-Conway [aged 43] and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 32] were married. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

Around 1837 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 11] educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].

In 1847 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 21] was elected MP South Lincolnshire.

On 17th October 1848 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 23] and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Pakenham 2nd Earl Longford and Georgiana Lygon Countess Longford [aged 50]. He the son of Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter [aged 53] and Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 45].

On 20th December 1849 [his son] Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 24] and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 22]. He married 7th September 1875 Isabella Whichcote Marchioness of Exeter, daughter of Thomas Whichcote 7th Baronet and Isabella Elizabeth Montgomery Lady Whichcote, and had issue.

On 5th July 1851 [his son] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 26] and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 23]. He married 14th October 1874 Edith Brooks and had issue.

On 2nd November 1854 [his son] William Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 29] and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 27]. He married (1) 2nd September 1885 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst, daughter of William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst, and had issue (2) 14th August 1924 Violet Maud Freer.

In 1857 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 31] was elected MP North Northamptonshire.

In 1860 [his brother-in-law] Edward Pakenham 3rd Earl of Longford [aged 43] died. His brother William [aged 40] succeeded 4th Earl Longford, 5th Baron Longford, 3rd Baron Silchester of Silchester in Hampshire.

In 1861 [his brother-in-law] Dudley Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby [aged 29] and [his sister] Mary Frances Cecil Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire [aged 29] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter [aged 65] and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 57]. He the son of Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby [aged 62] and Frances Stuart Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire. They were half sixth cousins.

On 8th April 1861 [his daughter] Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 35] and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 33]. She married 28th June 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and had issue.

In 1862 [his brother-in-law] William Pakenham 4th Earl of Longford [aged 42] and Selina Rice Trevor Countess Longford [aged 25] 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 [aged 64].

In 1866 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 40] was appointed Privy Council.

In 1867 [his son] John Pakenham Joicey Cecil was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 41] and and [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 39].

On 16th January 1867 [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter [aged 71] died. His son William [aged 41] succeeded 3rd Marquess Exeter, 12th Earl Exeter, 13th Baron Burghley. [his wife] Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter [aged 39] by marriage Marchioness Exeter.

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

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. His son Brownlow 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 Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil [aged 23] and Edith Brooks were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 49].

On 7th September 1875 Brownlow Henry George Cecil 4th Marquess Exeter [aged 25] and Isabella Whichcote Marchioness of Exeter [aged 18] were married at St Denys' Church, Aswarby. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 50].

On 6th March 1879 [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter [aged 76] died.

In 1880 [his son-in-law] James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands [aged 28] and Mary Louisa Cecil Baroness Newlands were married. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 54].

On 28th June 1881 [his son-in-law] Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard [aged 27] and Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard [aged 20] were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 56].

On 19th November 1882 Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby [aged 84] died. His son [his brother-in-law] Dudley [aged 51] succeeded 3rd Earl of Harrowby, 4th Baron Harrowby of Harrowby in Lincolnshire. [his sister] Mary Frances Cecil Countess Harrowby Lincolnshire [aged 50] by marriage Countess of Harrowby.

On 2nd September 1885 William Cecil [aged 30] and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst [aged 28] were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 60].

On 15th December 1886 [his brother-in-law] William Charles Evans 8th Baron Carbery [aged 74] and [his sister] Victoria Cecil Baroness Carbery [aged 43] were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of [his father] Brownlow Cecil 2nd Marquess Exeter and [his mother] Frances Isabella Selina Poyntz Marchioness of Exeter.

On 19th April 1887 [his brother-in-law] William Pakenham 4th Earl of Longford [aged 68] died. His son Thomas [aged 22] succeeded 5th Earl Longford, 6th Baron Longford, 4th Baron Silchester of Silchester in Hampshire.

On 23rd June 1889 [his son] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil [aged 37] died.

On 25th November 1889 George Patrick Evans 7th Baron Carbery [aged 79] died without issue. His brother [his brother-in-law] William [aged 77] succeeded 8th Baron Carbery. [his sister] Victoria Cecil Baroness Carbery [aged 46] by marriage Baroness Carbery.

On 14th July 1895 William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter [aged 70] died. His son Brownlow [aged 45] succeeded 4th Marquess Exeter, 13th Earl Exeter, 14th Baron Burghley. Monument in the Church of St John the Baptist, Barnack [Map].

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 [aged 81] 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. She married 1880 James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands, son of William Hozier 1st Baron Newlands.

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