User talk:Anne Gascoyne Cecil

Family Man
I remember my grandfather, Lord William Cecil, with great affection, and as a small child, could see how others cared for him. He adored his wife whom he affectionately called Fluffy, and she called him Fish. They were a loving couple and caring people. I learned that, during WWI, they sheltered a Belgian family for four years in their own home in Barton Place, Exeter and turned the Bishop's Place into a hospital for wounded soldiers. The loss of their three young sons in WWI was a real blow to them, but they carried on. I was not old enough to understand.

I spent many a happy summer, Christmas and holiday n their family home at Barton Place  and owe my love of gardening  to my grandfather. He taught me to love others and respect other people's opinions, and to be tolerant. He would bicycle to and from his office, and stop to chat with any parishioner - he always had time for others. During WWII, when Exeter cathedral was damaged by bombing, and the upper portion of the pulpit destroyed where there had been a carving of the figure of Saint Peter, It was restored using him as the figure for St. Peter.

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Thank you for your recollections of Lord William Cecil, which I have moved here. Unfortunately we can't accept this content in the article because one of the main policies on which Wikipedia is based is that all content must be verifiable - that is it must have already been published by a reliable source. We have a page that explains the types of sources that we accept at Identifying reliable sources.

We would, however, be pleased to include any further relevant published information about the bishop - for instance, has the fact that his likeness was used on the pulpit been published anywhere?

Thanks once again for your contribution, and I hope that with a little work, you can enhance William Cecil's article (and, perhaps, many others!). Let me know if I can help further - I've pasted a standard welcome message below which tells you a bit more about Wikipedia. —S MALL JIM   17:57, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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