GASCOYNE-CECIL (Cranborne) / WATSON marriage & issue

[Richard R]

I learned at a lunch yesterday that Lord Salisbury's heir, Viscount Cranborne b 1970, is married. They also said the couple have two daus (ie no sons). The marriage is not in Lord C's Who's Who entry but I've found the Daily Mail piece confirming the marriage was due on 31 Dec 2021 (see below). 

The bride is Constance Mary Alabama b 1990 d of Margaret Sophia Laura WAUGH b 1962 (gd of the novelist Evelyn WAUGH 1903-66 sometime head of that gentry family of Piers Court, as well gt gd of 6^th Earl of ONSLOW 1913-71) and Julian s of Vice-Adm Sir Philip Alexander WATSON KBE LVO 1919-2009 and Jennifer TANNER.

I'm going to the BL later to check the GRO fiches to see if there were any births to the couple last year. I'll also check the 2021 m index (not available online) for the marriage. The GRO online births up to the end of 2023 show no G-Cecil/Watson births. There's a Poppy Clara M G-C b 2022 reg Q4 Ken&Chelsea - but doesn't show the mother's family name. The fiche should show me who her mother is. A work in progress!

Ned finds his Waugh bride

Daily Mail 30 Dec 2021 [author Evelyn Waugh - is that the late writer Alexander Evelyn Michael Waugh 1963-2024?]

ARISTOCRATS are usually busy with their shotguns at this time of year, but the Marquess of Salisbury heir, Viscount Cranborne, has his sights set on a wedding instead.

I hear that Ned Cecil, as the 51-year-old is known to chums, is due to exchange vows on New Year's Eve [31 Dec 2021] with journalist Constance Watson – great-granddaughter of satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh – who’s two decades his junior.

Cuddly Ned, who has a daughter from a previous relationship, stands to inherit a £335 million fortune which includes one of England’s largest historic properties, 17th century Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, and its £150 million art collection. His father became a pariah among many Tories after making a secret deal with Tony Blair to axe hereditary peers from the Lords, as long as 92 of them kept their seats. Curiously, the family decline to comment on the happy news.

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20211230/282200834254182?srsltid=AfmBOooCyrxyuNuMBFdFZREp28PdABQbGfWK4aW2SCxOM7HzZcoXpGQl

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Richard, very interesting indeed!

Thanks for sharing, and please keep us up to date, with whatever you find.

Brooke

[Richard R]

The marriage was reg in Dec 2021 Devon GRO no 521614129 with groom's name as CRANBORNE, and bride's name WATSON. Their daus registered under the name CECIL (not Gascoyne-Cecil). Edith Mary J CECIL b 2022 reg April 2022 Westminster, GRO No 523831835 & Sybil Elizabeth G CECIL b 2024 reg July 2024 Westminster, GRO no 527589333.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Thanks, Richard.

So still no sons for Viscount Cranborne.

Next up is his younger brother, who has 2 sons.

Brooke

[Patricia Light]

This record has been updated but they only list Edith & no mention of Sybil

[Ivan Prekajski]

According to this page he has sone born in 1993 https://royalty.miraheze.org/wiki/Hon._Edward_Gascoyne-Cecil

[Robert Jewell]

The editors of that page ire rconfused and don't even read their own posting: Here is the reverse listing for the supposed Camila Viscountess Cranborne: Note the divorce from Ivor Braka in 1998. This sort of negates the supposed marriage with Lord C in 1992, and delegitimizes the four listed children.

Camilla Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscountess Cranborne (Camilla Mary Davidson; born 1 February 1968). She is the daughter of Duncan Henry Davidson and Sarah Filmer-Wilson. She married Ivor I. Braka, son of Joseph Braka and Betty Dodds, in September 1991 at Northumberland, England. She and Ivor I. Braka were divorced in 1998.
Her engagement was announced to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne. They married on 6 June 1992 at the St. Mary's, Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England.
The couple have four children: Hon. Edward Gascoyne-Cecil (1 January 1993) and Hon. William Gascoyne-Cecil (2 January 1994) and Hon. Alice Gascoyne-Cecil (4 March 1995) and Hon. Rose Gascoyne-Cecil (4 March 1996)
Title and Styles
    1 February 1968-6 June 1992: Miss Camilla Davidson
    6 June 1992-11 June 2003: Mrs. Gascoyne-Cecil
    11 June 2003:-present The Right Honourable The Viscountess Cranborne