Baron Amherst of Hackney, in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 26 August 1892 for the former Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 William Tyssen-Amherst

William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney

William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney DL, JP was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art.-Background and education:...

, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his eldest daughter Mary and her issue male. Tyssen-Amherst had previously represented West Norfolk

West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and South West Norfolk in the House of Commons

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. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his daughter Mary. She was the wife of Colonel Lord William Cecil

Lord William Cecil

Lord William Cecil CVO a British royal courtier and a younger son of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter.In 1892, he became a Groom-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria and remained as such until her death in 1901. He was then an Extra Gentleman Usher from 1924 under King George V until his retirement in 1937. On...

, third son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter PC , styled Lord Burghley between 1825 and 1867, was a British peer and Conservative politician...

. the title is held by their great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009. As a male-line descendant of the third Marquess of Exeter he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles the earldom of Exeter and barony of Burghley.

Sir Nigel Cecil

Nigel Cecil

Rear Admiral Sir Oswald "Nigel" Amherst Cecil KBE, CB , is a retired naval officer.-Naval career:Cecil is a paternal grandson of Lord William Cecil and the 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney and a maternal grandson of the 1st Baron Cornwallis. He was educated at Ludgrove School and the Royal Naval...

 is the son of Hon. Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil, fourth son of the second Baroness and Lord William Cecil.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, barry of ten argent and azure, six escutcheons three two and one sable each charged with a lion rampant argent, a mullet for difference (for Cecil); 2nd and 3rd, gules three tilting spears two and one or headed argent (for Amherst).

Barons Amherst of Hackney (1892)

• William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
  William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney
  William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney DL, JP was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art.-Background and education:...
  
   (1835–1909)
• Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (1857–1919)
• William Alexander Evering Cecil, 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney (1912–1980)
• William Hugh Amherst Cecil, 4th Baron Amherst of Hackney (1940–2009)
• Hugh William Amherst Cecil, 5th Baron Amherst of Hackney (b. 1968)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 is the present holder's son, Hon Jack William Amherst Cecil (b. 2001)

See also

• Marquess of Exeter
  Marquess of Exeter
  Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon...
  
  
• Baron Rockley
  Baron Rockley
  Baron Rockley, of Lytchett Heath in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1934 for the Conservative politician Sir Evelyn Cecil, who had earlier represented Hertfordshire East, Aston Manor and Birmingham Aston in the House of Commons. He was the...
  
  
• Marquess of Salisbury
  Marquess of Salisbury
  Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister...
  
  
• Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
• Baron Quickswood
• Viscount Wimbledon