Biography of Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst 1857-1919
On 25 Apr 1857 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst was born to William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 22) at Didlington Hall, Swaffham.
On 14 Oct 1874 [her future brother-in-law] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil (age 23) and Edith Brooks were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter (age 49).
In 1880 James Hozier 2nd Baron Newlands (age 28) and [her future sister-in-law] Mary Louisa Cecil Baroness Newlands were married. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter (age 54).
On 28 Jun 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard (age 27) and [her future sister-in-law] Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard (age 20) were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter (age 56).
On 02 Sep 1885 William Cecil (age 30) and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 28) were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter (age 60).
In 1886 [her son] William Amherst Cecil was born to [her husband] William Cecil (age 31) and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 28).
In 1887 [her son] Thomas James Amherst Cecil was born to [her husband] William Cecil (age 32) and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 29).
On 23 Jun 1889 [her brother-in-law] Francis Horace Pierrepont Cecil (age 37) died.
In 1890 [her son] John Francis Amherst Cecil was born to [her husband] William Cecil (age 35) and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 32).
The London Gazette 26328. Whitehall, September 22, 1892. THE Queen has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, dated the 26th August, 1892, to grant the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst (age 57), of Amherst, in the county of Kent, Didlington Hall, in the county of Norfolk, and of Hackney, in the county of London, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Amherst of Hackney, in the county of London, and, in default of such issue male, to hold the name, style, and title of Baroness Amherst of Hackney, to Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil (age 35), wife of [her husband] William Cecil (age 37) (commonly called Lord William Cecil), Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment, eldest daughter of the said William Amhurst Tyssen Amherst (age 57); and, after her decease, and in default of such issue of the said William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, to hold the name, style, and title of Baron Amherst of Hackney, to the heirs male lawfully begotten of the body of the said Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil (age 35).
In 1893 [her son] Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil was born to [her husband] William Cecil (age 38) and Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 35).
In 1901 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 43) began excavations at Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan. In all, Lady William Cecil uncovered thirty-two tombs at the site which became known as the "Cecil Tombs".
In 1903 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 45) published her findings "Report on the Work Done at Aswan" in the Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte.
In 1903 [her sister-in-law] Isabella Georgiana Katherine Cecil died.
On 16 Jan 1909 [her father] William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 73) died. His daughter Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney in London.
On 14 Apr 1910 [her son] William Amherst Cecil (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Gladys Evelyn Baggallay (age 26) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square.
On 19 Sep 1914 [her son] William Amherst Cecil (age 28) was killed in action at the Battle of Aisne. He was buried at Soupir Communal Cemetery.
On 18 Mar 1918 [her sister-in-law] Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard (age 56) died at Raby Castle, County Durham [Map]. She has a memorial at St Mary's Church, Staindrop [Map].
Catherine Sarah Cecil Baroness Barnard: On 08 Apr 1861 she was born to William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter and and Georgina Sophia Pakenham Marchioness Exeter. On 28 Jun 1881 Henry de Vere Vane 9th Baron Barnard and she were married at St Thomas Church Marylebone. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
On 21 Dec 1919 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 62) died. Her grandson William Amherst Cecil 3rd Baron Amherst (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney in London.
On 14 Aug 1924 [her former husband] William Cecil (age 69) and Violet Maud Freer were married. He the son of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
On 16 Apr 1943 [her former husband] William Cecil (age 88) died at Haywards Heath West Sussex.
[her son] John Francis Amherst Cecil and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt were married.
[her son] Thomas James Amherst Cecil and Vera Agnes Barclay were married.
William Battie Wrightson and Isabella Georgiana Katherine Cecil were married. She the daughter of William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.
[her son] Henry Mitford Amherst Cecil and Yvonne Cornwallis were married.
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Daniel
Great x 1 Grandfather: William George Daniel-Tyssen
GrandFather: William George Daniel-Tyssen
Great x 3 Grandfather: Jeffrey Amherst
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Amherst
Great x 1 Grandmother: Amelia Amherst
Father: William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst
Great x 3 Grandfather: Captain William Price
Great x 2 Grandfather: Brigg Price
Great x 4 Grandfather: Colonel Edward Clent of Knightwick in Worcestershire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clent
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fountaine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Andrew Fountaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Hogge of Lynn Regis
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hogge
GrandMother: Mary Fountaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Penrice
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hannah Penrice