Valentine Cecil
Lord Valentine William Cecil is a British businessman.
Cecil is the fourth son of the Sixth Marquess of Salisbury, and is a member of a British aristocratic family with long-standing African connections.[1]
Cecil served as a major in the British Armed Forces, working in NATO and Ministry of Defence roles regarding Europe and Africa. He retired with the rank of Major in 1992.[2]
Cecil subsequently purchased Kenyan company Wilken Telecommunications Limited and acquired a stake in Tracker Security Group, a firm with operations in Kenya and Uganda. Wilken later spun-off AfSat Communications Limited, which was sold to MWeb Africa Limited in late 2007.[3]
In 1996, Cecil spoke against re re-election of MP Sir Nicholas Scott at a Conservative meeting in Kensington and Chelsea, according to the Spectator:
- A speaker who identified himself as Lord Valentine Cecil, which he pronounced `Sissel', added that he was the brother of Lord Cranborne, leader of the Lords, and therefor knew about loyalty. `But', Lord Valentine, an expensively suited ex-Guards officer who always wears a white carnation in his buttonhole, continued, `there are times to consider loyalty to the association. How can you form a working relationship with your executive committee when it has already rejected you?'[4]
Affiliations
- Grenadier Guards - Former officer
- Wilken Telecommunications Limited
- Tracker Security Group
- Brookwood Capital Corporation - Non-Executive Chairman
- Rhino Rescue Trust - Patron
- Tusk - Patron
Connections
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 6th Marquess of Salisbury - Father
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury - Brother
- Richard Cecil - Brother
