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William Alleyne Cecil

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 April 1825

Died: 14 July 1895

Peerages

Baron Burghley - 30 April 1825

3rd Marquess of Exeter - 16 January 1867

Member of Privy Council - 1866

son of

son of Isabella Poyntz

grandson of William Stephen Poyntz

husband of Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham

son-in-law of Thomas Pakenham

father of Brownlow Henry George Cecil

Education

St John's College, Cambridge

Appointments

Elections fought

4 August 1847		Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
16 July 1852		Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
30 March 1857		Northern Northamptonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
9 May 1859		Northern Northamptonshire	Conservative Party	1,849	58.07
14 July 1865		Northern Northamptonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1866 Resignation of Baron Burghley on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household.
14 July 1866		Northern Northamptonshire	Conservative Party	Unopposed
16 January 1867 Succession of Baron Burghley to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Exeter.