Sackville Arthur CECIL

1848 - 1898  (49 years)

• Name	Sackville Arthur CECIL
  Born	16 Mar 1848	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Education	Cambridge University
  Employer	Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company.
  Died	29 Jan 1898	England
  Person ID	I10237	Main
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	James CECIL,   b. 17 Apr 1791, St George Hanover Square, London, England
  Mother	Mary Catherine SACKVILLE-WEST,   b. 1824,   d. 6 Dec 1900, Holwood Park, Keston, Kent, England  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret BLACK,   b. Abt 1878, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F17213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Mar 1848 - London, Middlesex, England Died - 29 Jan 1898 - England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  unmarried —— Lord Sackville Cecil (1848-1898) was the eldest s/o the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury by his 2nd wife, Lady Mary Catherine Sackville-West. He took his degree at Cambridge University and worked for Sir Charles Tilston Bright, studying the making, testing and working of telegraph cables during the laying of the West India and Panama, and of the Panama and South Pacific cables. He became director of several telegraph companies and at the time of his death was Chairman of the Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company. He also had an interest in the railways and became Assistant General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway and General Manager of the Metropolitan District Railway.