John Francis Amherst Cecil
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John Francis Amherst Cecil | |
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| Born | 30 June 1890 |
| Died | 22 October 1954 (aged 64) |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
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| Children | George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil |
| Parent(s) | Lord William Cecil 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney |
| Relatives | 3rd Marquess of Exeter (grandfather) 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (grandfather) |
John Francis Amherst Cecil (30 June 1890 – 22 October 1954) was the first secretary of the British Embassy, Washington, known for his marriage to Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt.[1]
John Francis Amherst Cecil was born on 30 June 1890 in London, England. He was the third son of Lord William Cecil (1854–1943) and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (1857–1919). After the death of his mother in 1919, his father remarried to Violet Maud (née Freer) Collyer.
As his eldest brother, Capt. William Amherst Cecil, predeceased their mother, William's eldest son, succeeded their mother as the 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney.
His father, a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria until her death in 1901 and an Extra Gentleman Usher from 1924 under King George V until 1937, was a younger son of the William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham, the daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford. His maternal grandfather was William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney.
He attended Eton College and Oxford University.[1]
Career
He became the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington in 1923. After his marriage in 1924, he resigned from his diplomatic post and moved to Biltmore, North Carolina.[1]