Alma mater University of Oxford | ||
Born 1890 London, England Spouse(s) Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt(m. 1924; div. 1934) Children William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil Parents Lord William Cecil, Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney Grandchildren Diana Pickering, William Jr. | ||
John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890 – October 22, 1954) was the first secretary of the British Embassy, Washington, known for his marriage to Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt.
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Early life
John Francis Amherst Cecil was born in 1890 in London, England to Lord William Cecil (1854–1943) and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (1857–1919). 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 (1825–1895) and Lady Georgina Sophia Pakenham (d. 1909), the daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford (1774–1835). His maternal grandfather was William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney (1835–1909).
He attended Eton College and Oxford University.
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.
Personal life
In 1924, he married Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, the daughter of the late George Washington Vanderbilt II and the former Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. Together, they had:
They divorced in 1934 and he died on October 22, 1954 in Asheville, North Carolina.