Baron Rockley, of

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in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created on 11 January 1934 for the

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politician Sir Evelyn Cecil, who had earlier represented Hertfordshire East,

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and Birmingham Aston in the

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. He was the son of

Lord Eustace Cecil Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry (Gascoyne-)Cecil (24 April 1834 – 3 July 1921) was a British, Conservative Party politician. Cecil was the youngest son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by his first wife Frances Gascoyne and was ed ...

, fourth son of

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, (17 April 1791 – 12 April 1868), styled Viscount Cranborne until 1823, was a British Conservative politician. He held office under The Earl of Derby as Lord Privy Seal in 185 ...

. The first baron was married to the horticulturist

Alicia Amherst Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst, Baroness Rockley (30 July 1865 – 14 September 1941) was an English horticulturist, botanist, and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. Family and personal life Alicia Amherst was ...

. the title is held by their great-grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded his father in 2011.

Barons Rockley (1934)

Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, Order of the British Empire, GBE, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (30 May 1865 – 1 April 1941) was a United Kingdom, British, Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Evelyn Cecil was bo ...

(1865–1941) *Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley (1901–1976) *James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley (1934–2011) *Anthony Robert Cecil, 4th Baron Rockley (b. 1961) The

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

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* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

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Barons Rockley (1934)

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