Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Rockley
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	Sir Evelyn Cecil (in about 1922).
Member of Parliament; for Hertford
	In office; 1898–1900
Preceded by	Abel Smith
Succeeded by	Abel Henry Smith
Member of Parliament; for Aston Manor
	In office; 1900–1918
Preceded by	George Grice-Hutchinson
Succeeded by	Constituency renamed
Member of Parliament; for Birmingham Aston
	In office; 1918–1929
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	John Strachey
Personal details
Born	30 May 1865; London, England
Died	1 April 1941 (aged 75); Poole, Dorset, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Alicia Amherst (m. 1898⁠–⁠1941)
Children	3;; Robert William Evelyn; Margaret Gertrude Cecil; Maud Katharine Alicia Cecil
Parent	Lord Eustace Cecil (father);
Relatives	James Gascoyne-Cecil (grandfather); William Tyssen-Amherst (father-in-law); Sir Robert Cecil (cousin); Arthur Balfour (cousin)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley (30 May 1865 – 1 April 1941), was a British Conservative Party politician.

Evelyn Cecil was born in the parish of St George's, Hanover Square in the heart of London's Mayfair, the eldest son of Lord Eustace Cecil, grandson of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, and cousin of both Sir Robert Cecil and Arthur Balfour.

He was educated at Eton before going up to New College, Oxford. Cecil was Private Secretary from 1891 to 1892, to the Prime Minister, his uncle, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, during the latter's second term and during his third term from 1895 to 1902.

On 16 February 1898, Cecil married the Hon. Alicia Amherst (a garden historian and daughter of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney), having three children: Robert William Evelyn, later 2nd Baron Rockley (28 February 1901 – 26 January 1976),^[1] Margaret Gertrude (27 November 1898 – 26 August 1962) and Maud Katharine Alicia (21 November 1904 - 12 June 1981).^[2]^[3]

Cecil was a director of the London and South Western Railway company. He was the chairman of various investment trust companies and deputy chairman of the Clerical, Medical and General Life Assurance Society.^[4]

Cecil served as a Member of Parliament from 1898 to 1929 and was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1922 New Year Honours.^[5] He was raised to the Peerage on 11 January 1934 as Baron Rockley, of Lytchett Heath, in the County of Dorset.^[6]

Lord Rockley died in 1941 in Poole in Dorset, aged 75.

Arms

Coat of arms of Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley
Crest Six arrows in saltire Or barbed and flighted Argent girt together with a belt Gules buckled and garnished Gold over the arrows a morion cap Proper. Escutcheon Barry of ten Argent and Azure over all six escutcheons Sable three two and one each charged with a lion rampant of the first and for difference a crescent Gules charged with another crescent Or. Supporters On either side a lion Ermine gorged with a collar Or pendent therefrom an escutcheon the dexter Sable a lion rampant Argnet and the sinister Gules three tilting spears erect Or headed Argent. Motto Sero Sed Serio^[7]

References

^ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919
^ Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919
^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
^ Notable Londoners, an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men (1922), London: London Publishing Agency, page 39; accessed 8 August 2024.
^ "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.
^ "No. 34015". The London Gazette. 16 January 1934. p. 386.
^ Burke's Peerage. 1956.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Evelyn Cecil

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Abel Smith	Member of Parliament for Hertford 1898–1900	Succeeded by Abel Henry Smith
Preceded by George Grice-Hutchinson	Member of Parliament for Aston Manor 1900–1918	constituency renamed
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Birmingham Aston 1918–1929	Succeeded by John Strachey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron Rockley 1934–1941	Succeeded by Robert Cecil

[1] Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919

[2] Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919

[3] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995

[Londoners-4] Notable Londoners, an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men (1922), London: London Publishing Agency, page 39; accessed 8 August 2024.

[5] "No. 32563". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1921. p. 10716.

[6] "No. 34015". The London Gazette. 16 January 1934. p. 386.

[7] Burke's Peerage. 1956.

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