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William Thomas Brownlow Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter KG CMG TD (27 October 1876 – 1956), known as Lord Burghley from 1895 to 1898, was a British peer.

Exeter was the son of Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge.^[1]

He married Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett, daughter of William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton, on 16 April 1901. They had four children:

Lady Letitia Sibell Winifred Brownlow-Cecil (b. 20 November 1903), married Henry Hotham, 7th Baron Hotham and had issue.
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981)
William Martin Alleyne Brownlowe Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter (1909–1988)
Lady Romayne Elizabeth Algitha Brownlow-Cecil (b. 22 March 1915), married Major Hon. Peter Brassey, son of Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey and had issue.

[edit] References

^ Cecil, William Thomas Brownlow, Lord Burghley in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Spencer	Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire 1922–1952	Succeeded by The Earl Spencer
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Brownlow Cecil	Marquess of Exeter 1898–1956	Succeeded by David Cecil

[0] Cecil, William Thomas Brownlow, Lord Burghley in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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