History Marquess of Exeter



burghley house, ancestral seat of marquesses of exeter


his eldest son, sixth marquess, conservative politician , prominent athlete , sports official. won 400-metre hurdles @ 1928 summer olympics , later president of international amateur athletic federation , vice-president of international olympic committee. lord exeter represented peterborough in house of commons , served governor of bermuda. died without surviving male issue , succeeded younger brother, seventh marquess. proprietor of cattle ranch @ 100 mile house, british columbia, in canada. in 1954 became head of emissaries of divine light, obscure religious group. of 2013 titles held son, eighth marquess, succeeded in 1988. operates ranch; 1988 1996 headed emissaries of divine light.


another member of cecil family naval commander edward cecil, 1st viscount wimbledon (a title became extinct on death in 1638). third son of first earl of exeter. also, lord william cecil, third son of third marquess, married mary, 2nd baroness amherst of hackney. grandson william succeeded in barony in 1919. member of branch of family vice-admiral sir nigel cecil. champion racehorse trainer sir henry cecil son of henry cecil, younger brother of third baron. lord john joicey-cecil, fourth son of third marquess, conservative member of parliament stamford.


the marquessate of exeter senior marquessate in peerage of united kingdom. marquesses hold title of hereditary grand almoner , lord paramount of peterborough.


the ancestral home of marquesses of exeter burghley house, near stamford, lincolnshire. run trust founded family.








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