Lord John Joicey-Cecil

Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil (3 March 1867 – 25 June 1942) was a British Conservative politician.

Joicey-Cecil was the fourth son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, and his wife Lady Georgina Sophia, daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford. Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter and Lord William Cecil were his elder brothers.

He was commissioned an officer in the Grenadier Guards. After resigning from the regular army, he was appointed major in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment on 17 November 1897.[1] After his elder brother Lord William resigned from his command of the battalion, Lord John was on 25 October 1902 appointed in command and promoted lieutenant-colonel.[2]

Joicey-Cecil was in early 1903 chosen as the Conservative party candidate to contest Stamford, after the incumbent William Younger indicated he wanted to step down at the next election.[3] This did not take place until January 1906, when Joicey-Cecil was elected to the House of Commons for Stamford, a seat he held until the following January 1910 general election. In April 1910, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire.[4]

Joicey-Cecil married Isabella Maud Joicey in 1896 and assumed the additional surname of Joicey. He died in June 1942, aged 75.

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References
  1. Hart′s Army list, 1902
  2. "No. 27487". The London Gazette. 24 October 1902. p. 6743.
  3. "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36974. London. 10 January 1903. p. 6.
  4. "No. 28361". The London Gazette. 29 April 1910. p. 2969.
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