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Biography of Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst 1857-1919

On 25th April 1857 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst was born to William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 22) at Didlington Hall, Swaffham.

On 2nd September 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).

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 [her father] 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; 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.

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).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

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.

On 16th January 1909 [her father] William Tyssen-Amherst 1st Baron Amherst (age 73) died. His daughter Mary (age 51) succeeded 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney in London.

On 14th April 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 19th September 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 21st December 1919 Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst (age 62) died. Her grandson [her grandson] William (age 7) succeeded 3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney in London.

On 14th August 1924 [her former husband] William Cecil (age 69) and Violet Maud Freer were married. He the son of [her former father-in-law] William Alleyne Cecil 3rd Marquess Exeter.

On 16th April 1943 [her former husband] William Cecil (age 88) died at Haywards Heath West Sussex.

Ancestors of Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst 1857-1919

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

Mary Rothes Tyssen-Amherst 2nd Baroness Amherst