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John Francis Amherst Cecil (30 June 1890 – 22 October 1954) was the first secretary of the British Embassy, Washington, known for his marriage to Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt. [1]
Learn about the life and legacy of John Cecil, the British diplomat who married Cornelia Vanderbilt and opened Biltmore House to the public. See photos of his family, his career, and his contributions to the estate.
Mar 2, 2023 · John Francis Amherst Cecil grew up in the English countryside of Norfolk. He was the third son of Lord Cecil and the Baroness Amherst of Hackney. His father was a descendant of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth 1.
Oct 23, 2020 · The son of the Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, and a grandson of both George W. Vanderbilt and of Lord William Cecil, George Cecil was born Feb. 27, 1925...
- Mackensy Lunsford
A decade later, wedding bells rang as Cornelia married the Honorable John Francis Amherst Cecil at All Souls Church in Biltmore Village on April 29, 1924. It was a wonderful celebration as guests from around the world descended upon the quiet little town of Asheville.
John Cecil was a member of the aristocracy in England. He was the son of Colonel Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, Baroness Amherst of Hackney. [1] He was born on the 30th of June 1890, [1] citing Birth Registration, Kensington, London, England. [2]
The Vanderbilt family would not return full-time to Biltmore until Cornelia’s wedding in 1924 to the Honorable John Francis Amherst Cecil, a descendent of Queen Elizabeth I’s top-advisor William Cecil. John and Cornelia chose to reside at Biltmore, where they had two sons: George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (born in 1925), and William Amherst ...
