Baron Rockley

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Baron Rockley, of Lytchett Heath [1] in the County of Dorset, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. [2] It was created on 11 January 1934 for the Conservative politician Sir Evelyn Cecil, who had earlier represented Hertfordshire East, Aston Manor and Birmingham Aston in the House of Commons.

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He was the son of Lord Eustace Cecil, fourth son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury. The first baron was married to the horticulturist Alicia Amherst. As of 2019 the title is held by their great-grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded his father in 2011.

Barons Rockley (1934)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. William Evelyn Cecil (b. 1996).

Arms

Coat of arms of Baron Rockley
Crest
Six arrows in saltire Or barbed and flighted Argent girt together with a belt Gules buckled and garnished Gold over the arrows a morion cap Proper.
Escutcheon
Barry of ten Argent and Azure over all six escutcheons Sable three two and one each charged with a lion rampant of the first and for difference a crescent Gules charged with another crescent Or.
Supporters
On either side a lion Ermine gorged with a collar Or pendent therefrom an escutcheon the dexter Sable a lion rampant Argnet and the sinister Gules three tilting spears erect Or headed Argent.
Motto
Sero Sed Serio [3]

See also

Notes

  1. Geograph
  2. "No. 34015". The London Gazette . 16 January 1934. p. 386.
  3. Burke's Peerage. 1956.

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