Lord William Cecil (courtier)
| Lord William Cecil CVO GCStJ |
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|---|---|
| Extra Gentleman-Usher | |
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In office 1924–1937 |
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| Monarch |
King George V (1924–36) King George VI (1936–37) |
| Groom-in-Waiting | |
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In office 1892–1901 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 November 1854 Burghley House, Peterborough |
| Died | 16 April 1943 (aged 88) Haywards Heath, Surrey, U.K. |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (m. 1885; d. 1919) Violet Maud Freer (m. 1924) |
| Children | William Amherst Cecil Thomas James Cecil John Francis Cecil Henry Mitford Cecil |
| Parents |
3rd Marquess of Exeter Lady Georgina Pakenham |
| Relatives |
2nd Marquess of Exeter (grandfather) 2nd Earl of Longford (grandfather) George Vanderbilt Cecil (grandson) William Vanderbilt Cecil (grandson) |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Suakin Expedition |
Colonel Lord William Cecil, CVO, GCStJ (2 November 1854 – 16 April 1943) was a British army officer and royal courtier.
Lord William was born on 2 November 1854, a younger son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825–1895) and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham (d. 1909), daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford (1774–1835). His paternal grandparents were Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter (1795–1867), and Isabella Poyntz, daughter of William Stephen Poyntz (1770–1840), an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1800 and 1837.
His siblings included: Brownlow Henry George, Lord Burghley, later the 4th Marquess of Exeter (1849–1898), Lord Francis Horace Pierrepont (1851–1889), who married Edith Brookes, daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, Lady Catherine Sarah (1861–1918), who married Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, Colonel Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil (1867–1942), Lady Isabella Georgiana Katherine (d. 1903), who married William Battie-Wrightson, Lady Mary Louisa Wellesley (d. 1930),who married James Hozier, 2nd Baron Newlands, and Lady Louisa Alexandrina (d. 1950) and Lady Frances Emily (d. 1951), both of whom died unmarried.
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