BRITISH EMPIRE: Hurdler in a Hurry

Appointed last week as new Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda was David George Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley. His chief duty: to play host to Bermuda's distinguished visitors.

Young (38), straw-haired Lord Burghley should fit the office well. He is a scion of the brilliant house of Cecil, which has furnished Britain with some of its most distinguished statesmen and soldiers. His father is the Marquess of Exeter; from him some day Lord Burghley will inherit enormous estates in Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire. His wife is a sister of the Duchess of Gloucester....

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