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.

After resigning from the regular army, he was appointed major in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment on 17 November 1897.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.