Peerage Record – 6472

     Captain William Amherst Cecil was born on 30 June 1886.¹ He was the son of Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst of Hackney.¹ He married Gladys Evelyn Baggallay, daughter of Henry Charles Baggallay and Elizabeth Evelyn Richards, on 14 April 1910.¹ He died on 16 September 1914 at age 28, killed in action.¹
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the First Battle of Aisne on 16 September 1914.¹

     Gladys Evelyn Baggallay was born on 3 February 1884.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Charles Baggallay and Elizabeth Evelyn Richards.^2,1 She married Captain William Amherst Cecil, son of Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst of Hackney, on 14 April 1910.² She died on 30 May 1947 at age 63.²
     Her married name became Cecil. On 25 August 1920 she was granted by royal warrant the rank of a Baron’s widow.²

     Henry Charles Baggallay was born in 1863.² He was the son of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Baggallay and Marianne Lacy.² He married Elizabeth Evelyn Richards, daughter of Alfred Richards, on 7 January 1882 at Lewisham, London, England^G.³
     He lived at Heatherhurst Grange, Deepcut Bridge Road, Deepcut, Camberley, England^G.¹

     Colonel Lord William Cecil was born on 2 November 1854.² He was the son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham.² He married, firstly, Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst of Hackney, daughter of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney and Margaret Susan Mitford, on 2 September 1885.¹ He married, secondly, Violet Maud Freer, daughter of Percy Freer, on 14 August 1924.³ He died on 16 April 1943 at age 88.³
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Grenadier Guards.² He held the office of Groom-in-Waiting to HM Queen Victoria between 1892 and 1901.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.² He was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1909.² He gained the rank of Honorary Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.² He held the office of Extra Gentleman-Usher to HM King George V between 1924 and 1936.² He was appointed Bailiff Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (G.C.St.J.)² He held the office of Extra Gentleman-Usher to HM King Edward VIII in 1936.² He held the office of Extra Gentleman-Usher to HM King George VI in 1937.²

     Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst of Hackney was born on 25 April 1857.¹ She was the daughter of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney and Margaret Susan Mitford.¹ She married Colonel Lord William Cecil, son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham, on 2 September 1885.¹ She died on 21 December 1919 at age 62.^1,2 She was buried on 26 December 1919 at Stowlaughton Church, Suffolk, England^G.²
     She was given the name of Tyssen-Amhurst at birth.¹ She was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹ She was appointed Dame of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.J.St.J.)¹ Her name was legally changed to Tyssen-Amherst.¹ Her married name became Cecil. She succeeded as the 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney, co. London [U.K., 1892] on 16 January 1909, suo jure.¹

     Violet Maud Freer was the daughter of Percy Freer.¹ She married, firstly, Herbert Oswald Collyer before 1924.¹ She married, secondly, Colonel Lord William Cecil, son of William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham, on 14 August 1924.¹ She died on 9 January 1957.²
     From before 1924, her married name became Collyer.¹ Her married name became Cecil. She was appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)²

     Robert Ramsay was born before 1903. He married Bertha Latham Baillieu, daughter of William Lawrence Baillieu and Bertha Martha Latham, on 23 October 1918.¹
     He lived at Santosa, Albany Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia^G.¹

     Claire Latham Baillieu was born on 20 February 1902.¹ She is the daughter of William Lawrence Baillieu and Bertha Martha Latham.¹ She married Robert James Vicars, son of Robert Vicars, on 30 April 1931.¹
     From 30 April 1931, her married name became Vicars.¹

     Margaret Susan Mitford was born on 8 January 1835 at Lucker, Northumberland, England^G.² She was the daughter of Admiral Robert Mitford and Margaret Dunsmore.^1,2 She was baptised at Lucker, Northumberland, England^G.² She married William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, son of William George Daniel-Tyssen and Mary Fountaine, on 4 June 1856 at Hunmanby, Yorkshire, England^G.^1,2 She died on 2 November 1919 at age 84 at Foulden Hall, Norfolk, England^G.^1,3
     Her married name became Tyssen-Amherst. She wrote the book A sketch of Egyptian history.⁴