John Strongbow Amherst (Bow) Cecil, who died 14 August, 2025, aged 85, was a scion of the Barons Amherst of Hackney.
He was born 20 October, 1939, the eldest son of Lt the Hon Henry Kerr Auchmuty Cecil (b 1914, killed in action in North Africa 1942), and his wife Elizabeth Rohays Mary Burnett of Leys (1916-19930, who later wed the racehorse trainer Capt Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, KCVO (1887-1983).
John was an elder brother of the great racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil (1943-2013).
He married 18 January, 1966, (Elizabeth) Clare Hughes, daughter of Charles Michael Hughes, of Penton Manor, Hampshire, by whom he had issue, two sons, Richard (born 1 Aug 1973), and Michael (born 14 Feb, 1977), and a daughter, Miranda (born 21 Aug, 1974).
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