page_title: Isabella Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter
hierarchical_section_title: Isabella Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Miniature représentant Isabella Poyntz (1803-1879), épouse du 2nd Marquis d'Exeter, peinte par Sir William John Newton (1785-1869), signé et daté de 1830. Elle était la fille de William Stephen Poyntz de Cowdray (dans le Sussex). Elle a épousé Brownlow, 2nd Marquis d'Exeter en 1824. L'artiste a été nommé peintre miniaturiste de la Reine Victoria lors de son accession au trône en 1837. English: Miniature of Isabella Poyntz (1803-1879), wife of the 2nd Marquess, by Sir William John Newton (1785-1869), signed and dated 1830. She was daughter and heiress of William Stephen Poyntz of Cowdray, Sussex. She married Brownlow, 2nd Marquess of Exeter in 1824. The artist was appointed Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria on her accession in 1837 (Burghley House collection).
context_page_description: Isabella Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter, formerly Isabella Poyntz, was the wife of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, and the mother of the 3rd Marquess.
  She was the daughter of William Stephen Poyntz, a Liberal MP, and his wife, the former Hon. Elizabeth Mary Browne. Isabella's sister, Elizabeth Georgina Poyntz, married Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer. Another sister, Frances Selina Isabella Poyntz, married Robert Cotton St. John Trefusis, 18th Baron Clinton, and, on his death, married Sir Horace Seymour, MP. Two of their brothers were drowned in an accident in a boating accident in 1815.
  The Poyntz family had homes at Midgham House in Berkshire and Cowdray Park in West Sussex.
  Isabella married the marquess in London on 12 May 1824. Their children were:
  Lady Mary Frances Cecil, who married Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby, and had no children
  William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter
  Colonel Lord Brownlow Thomas Montagu Cecil
  Commander Lord Edward Cecil
  Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil, who was a member of the Plymouth Brethren and died, unmarried, in Canada
  Lady Victoria Cecil, who married William Charles Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery, and had children
context_section_description: Isabella Cecil, Marchioness of Exeter (6 March 1803 – 6 March 1879), formerly Isabella Poyntz, was the wife of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, and the mother of the 3rd Marquess.
  She was the daughter of William Stephen Poyntz, a Liberal MP, and his wife, the former Hon. Elizabeth Mary Browne. Isabella's sister, Elizabeth Georgina Poyntz, married Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer. Another sister, Frances Selina Isabella Poyntz, married Robert Cotton St. John Trefusis, 18th Baron Clinton, and, on his death, married Sir Horace Seymour, MP. Two of their brothers were drowned in an accident in a boating accident in 1815.
  The Poyntz family had homes at Midgham House in Berkshire and Cowdray Park in West Sussex.
  Isabella married the marquess in London on 12 May 1824. Their children were:
  Lady Mary Frances Cecil (died 1917), who married Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby, and had no children
  William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (1825-1895)
  Colonel Lord Brownlow Thomas Montagu Cecil (1827-1905)
  Commander Lord Edward Cecil (1834-1862)
  Lord Adelbert Percy Cecil (1841–1889), who was a member of the Plymouth Brethren and died, unmarried, in Canada
  Lady Victoria Cecil (1843-1932), who married William Charles Evans-Freke, 8th Baron Carbery, and had children
  The marquess died in 1867. Isabella died in 1879, aged 76, and was buried with her husband in the Cecil family chapel at St Martin's Church, Stamford.
caption: Miniature of Isabella, Marchioness of Exeter, by William John Newton (1830). Held in the Burghley House collection
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