Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter

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William Michael Anthony Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter (born 1 September 1935), is a Canadian member of the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He is the son of William Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter and a descendant of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.

Personal

He and Nancy Rose Meeker were married in 1967; they were divorced in 1993. They have two children:

  • Anthony John Cecil, Lord Burghley (b. 9 August 1970)
  • Lady Angela Kathleen Cecil (19 May 1975 – 28 December 2008)

Life

Cecil was active in the Emissaries of Divine Light and succeeded to its international leadership after his father's death in 1988. He left the organization in 1996.[1] He now co-directs the Ashland Institute in Ashland, Oregon.

He made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on 16 May 1990.[2]

Ancestry

Family of Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Lady Georgina Pakenham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Isabella Whichcote
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Isabella Montgomery
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. William Orde-Powlett, 3rd Baron Bolton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. William Orde-Powlett, 4th Baron Bolton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Letitia Crawfurd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Lady Algitha Lumley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Frederica Drummond
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Michael Cecil, 8th Marquess of Exeter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. István Csanády
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Béla Csanády
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Amália Majos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Aurél Csanády
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Irma Szilágyi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Edith Csanady
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Matild Kocsiss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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