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Lord John Joicey-Cecil, fourth son of the third Marquess, was Conservative Member of Parliament for Stamford. The marquessate of Exeter is the senior marquessate in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Marquesses also hold the title of hereditary Grand Almoner and Lord Paramount of Peterborough.
William Michael Anthony Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter (born 1 September 1935), known from 1981 to 1988 as Lord Burghley, is a British peer and was a member of the House of Lords from 1988 to 1997.
The Cecil Family is one of England’s most famous and politically influential families, represented by two branches, holding respectively the marquessates of Exeter and Salisbury, both descended from William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s lord treasurer.
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This is a list of the 34 present and extant marquesses in the peerages of the Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922.
OrderTitleDate Of CreationCurrent Holder11551215993168241694Sep 16, 2024 · The 10th Earl of Exeter was created Marquess of Exeter in 1801. A large estate near Crowland (Lincolnshire) was purchased by the 2nd Marquess of Exeter c.1829 but sold after his death in 1867.
Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the peerage of England and once in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came...
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835–1909) Peerage created in 1892, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his eldest daughter Mary and her issue male. She married Colonel Lord William Cecil, third son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter.
