John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890-1954)

Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil

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He was born in England and educated at Eton College and Oxford University. In 1923, he was posted to America as the first secretary at the British Embassy in Washington D.C. He was married to the sole heiress of Biltmore the following year and subsequently resigned from his post in Washington. They had two sons. 

Parents

Lord William Cecil

Colonel Lord William Cecil, C.V.O., of Haywards Heath, West Sussex

1854-1943

Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst

The Rt. Hon. "May" Mary (Tyssen-Amherst) Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney

1857-1919

Spouse

Cornelia (Vanderbilt) Cecil

Mrs Cornelia Stuyvesant (Vanderbilt) Cecil

1900-1976

Children

George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil

George H. Vanderbilt Cecil, Owner & President of Biltmore Farms, North Carolina

b.1925

William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil

William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, Sr., of Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina

1928-2017

Associated Houses

Biltmore

Asheville, North Carolina

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