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6 unusual facts about David Cecil


Burghley House

Lady Victoria Leatham, antiques expert and television personality, followed her father, Olympic gold-medal winning hurdler and runner, IAAF President and MP David "Burghley" Cecil, the 6th marquess by running the house from 1982 to 2007.

David Cecil

Lord David Cecil (1902-1986), British biographer, literary scholar and academic

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981), British athlete, sports official and Conservative politician

John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard

On 8 October 1952, he married Lady Davina Cecil, daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter.

Lady Victoria Leatham

She is the daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, then known as Lord Burghley, and his second wife Diana Henderson, granddaughter of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon.

St John the Baptist's Church, Wakerley

Other graves include that of Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott (4 March 1904 – 1 June 1984), the first wife of David Cecil, later 6th Marquess of Exeter.


Luigi Facelli

Despite the different walks of life, Lord Burghley considered Facelli a friend for years and invalidates, so that during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, invited him to the opening ceremony, but when Facelli received the letter, he did not know the English language, if had it translated by a friend who brought back the greeting but simply was not able to translate even the invitation.


see also

St Paul's Church, Stamford

The guild was a wealthy one and its members included Lady Margaret Beaufort, Princess Cecily of York and David Cecil, grandfather of Sir William Cecil and Alderman William Radcliffe, founder of Stamford School.