Baron Amherst of Hackney

Barony of Amherst of Hackney
Creation date	26 August 1892
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	William Tyssen-Amherst
Present holder	Hugh William Amherst Cecil, 5th Baron
Heir presumptive	Hon Anthony Henry Amherst Cecil
Remainder to	the 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten, with special remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his eldest daughter, wife of Lord William Cecil, and the heirs male of her body.

Baron Amherst of Hackney (/ˈæmərst/), in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 26 August 1892 for the former Conservative Member of Parliament William Tyssen-Amherst, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his eldest daughter Mary and her issue male. Tyssen-Amherst had previously represented West Norfolk and South West Norfolk in the House of Commons. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his daughter Mary. She was the wife of Colonel Lord William Cecil, third son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter. As of 2013^[update] the title is held by their great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009. As a male-line descendant of the third Marquess of Exeter he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles the earldom of Exeter and barony of Burghley.

Rear Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil was the son of Hon. Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil, fourth son of the second Baroness and Lord William Cecil.

The champion racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil was the son of Henry Cecil, a younger brother of the third Baron.

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