Baron Rockley, of
Lytchett Heath in the
County of Dorset, is a title in the
peerage of the United Kingdom
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, created on 11 January 1934 for the
Conservative
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politician
Sir Evelyn Cecil, who previously represented
Hertfordshire East,
Aston Manor
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The Aston Manor Local Board of Health was formed in 1 ...
and
Birmingham Aston in the
House of Commons
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.
As Sir Evelyn was the son of
Lord Eustace Cecil
Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry (Gascoyne-) Cecil (24 April 1834 – 3 July 1921) was a British, Conservative Party politician.
Cecil was the youngest son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by his first wife Frances Gascoyne and was ...
, fourth son of the
2nd Marquess of Salisbury KG, the barons are therefore in remainder to the
marquessate of Salisbury. The first baron was married to the horticulturist
the Hon.
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Alicia Amherst. the
title
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is held by their great-grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded his father in 2011.
Barons Rockley (1934)
*
Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley (1865–1941)
*Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley (1901–1976)
*Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley (1934–2011)
* (b. 1961)
The
heir apparent
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is the present
baron
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's only son the Hon. William Evelyn Cecil (b. 1996).
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Arms
See also
*Marquess of Salisbury
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*Marquess of Exeter
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* Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
*Viscount Wimbledon
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In the case of French viscounts, the title is so ...
* Baron Quickswood
* Baron Amherst of Hackney
Notes
References
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
External links
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Noble titles created in 1934
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