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DEBRETT'S ILLUSTRATED PEERAGE. 189 EXETER, MARQUESS OF. (CECIL.) WILLIAM ALLEYNE CECIL, P.C. 3rd Marquess, Hereditary Grand Almoner. Born April 80th, 1825 ; succeeded his father in 1867 ; was educated at Eton, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, (M.A. 1847) ; sat as M.P. for South Lincolnshire, 1847 57. and for North Northampton- shire, 1857 67 ; appointed Militia Aide- de-Camp to the Queen, 1856, and Treasurer of the Household, 1866 ; was Capt. of Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- One heart, oneway. Arms, 1867 8, from Feb. to Dec. 1874. Is a Dep. Lieut, of Northamptonshire, a Magistrate for that county, Lincolnshire, and Rutland, Gustos Rotulorum of the Soke of Peterborough, and Lieut.-Col. Commandant of the North- amptonshire, and Rutland Militia: married (1848) Lady Georgiaua Sophia Pakenham, 2nd daughter of the 2nd Earl of Longford, and has issue, living, Sons, Brownlow Henry George, Lord Burghley, b. 1849; educated at Eton ; appointed Ensign and Lieut. Grenadier Guards, 1870, and Lieut, and Capt. 1872; is a Dep. Lieut, of Lincolnshire : m. 1875, Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Bart. Francis Horace Fierrepont, b. 1851 : m. 1874, Edit h, youngest daughter of W. Cunliffe- Brooks, Esq., M.P. William, b. 1854. John Pakenham, b. 1867. Daughters, Isabella Georgiana Katheririe, b. 1853. Mary Louisa Wellesley, /;. 1857. Catherine Sarah, b. 1861. Frances Emily, b. 1862. Louisa Alexandria, b. 1864. Brothers living, Brownlow Thomas Montague, b. 1827, m. 1854. Adelbert Percy, b. 1841. Sisters lining, Mary Frances, b. 1832, m. 1861, Viscount Sandon, M.P. eldest son of the Earl of Harrowby. Victoria, b. 1843, m. 1866, the Hon. William Charles Evans-Freke, brother of the 7th Baron Carbery. Patron of seventeen livings, Great Casterton, R. Barrowden, R. Ryhall,V. Rutland. Easton R. Northamptonshire. St. Clement's Danes, R. Westminster, (and with the Lord Chancellor) St. Mary, R. Stamford, St. Michael, R. Stamford, St. George, R. Stamford, All Saints, V. Stamford, St. Martin, V. Stamford, Wakerley, R. Whittering, R. North- amptonshire. Tinwell, R. Rutland. (With Executors of the late R. Newcomb, Esq.) St. John Baptist, R. Stamford, (with Sir E. Smith), Carlby, R. (and with J. Whitshed, Esq.) Croyland, R. Lincolnshire. Creations, Baron Burghley, 1571, Earl of Exeter, 1605, Marquess of Exeter, 1801, all in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Srtns, Barry of ten, argent and azure, six escutcheons, three, two, and one, sable, each charged Wtth a lion rampant, argent. (CresU On a chapeau, gules, turned up with ermine, a garb, or, supported by two lions rampant, the dexter, argent, the sinister, azure. Supporters, Two lions, ermine. Seats, Burghley -house, near Stamford ; Brookfleld House, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Clubs, Carlton, Junior Carlton. EXETER, Marquess of, His lordship's predecessor was his father, Brownlow, K.G. P.C. LL.D. 2nd Marquess, and llth Earl of Exeter. He was b. July 2, 1795, and succeeded his father in 1804; was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, (M.A. 1814, LL.D. 1835) ; was Hereditary Grand Almoner ; Lord Lieut, and Custos Rotu- lorum of Northamptonshire and Rutland; Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, 1841 6; Lord Chamberlain, 185-2, and Lord Steward, 18589: m. 1824, Isabella, daughter of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq, and d. Jan. 16, 1867, having had issue five sons and two daughters. EXETER, Dowager Marchioness of, ISABELLA, daughter of William Stephen Poyntz, Esq., M.P. : m. 1824, the 2nd Marquess of Exeter, K.G., whorf. 1867. Residence, 32, Upper Brook-street, W.