David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter

David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 to 1981), known as Lord Burghley until he succeeded to the title in 1956, was an English peer, sports official and Conservative Party politician who is better remembered in the athletics world than in Parliament. He was elected Member of Parliament for Peterborough in 1931, was returned in 1935 and held the seat until he resigned it in 1943 to become Governor of Bermuda, a post he held until 1945. Alongside his political career he won the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics, joined the International Olympic Committee in 1933, and later led the Amateur Athletic Association, the British Olympic Association and the International Amateur Athletic Federation, chairing the organizing committee of the 1948 London Games. He is placed here for his parliamentary and colonial governing roles, a placement that sits beside his larger sporting fame.