| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Honourable |
| The Marquess of Exeter | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | KG PC |
| Order1: | Lord Chamberlain of the Household |
| Term Start1: | 27 February 1852 |
| Term End1: | 17 December 1852 |
| Monarch1: | Queen Victoria |
| Primeminister1: | The Earl of Derby |
| Predecessor1: | The Marquess of Breadalbane |
| Successor1: | The Marquess of Breadalbane |
| Order2: | Lord Steward of the Household |
| Term Start2: | 26 February 1858 |
| Term End2: | 11 June 1859 |
| Monarch2: | Queen Victoria |
| Primeminister2: | The Earl of Derby |
| Predecessor2: | The Earl of St Germans |
| Successor2: | The Earl of St Germans |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1795 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Tory |
| Alma Mater: | St John's College, Cambridge |
Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter (2 July 1795 – 16 January 1867), styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier, and Tory politician. He held office under the Earl of Derby as Lord Chamberlain of the Household in 1852 and as Lord Steward of the Household between 1858 and 1859.
Exeter was the eldest son of Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter, and his second wife Sarah, daughter of Thomas Hoggins. His mother died shortly before his second birthday and in 1804 he succeeded to the marquessate, aged eight, on the death of his father.
A keen cricketer who was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), prior to his political career he appeared in a first-class match in 1817 for W. Ward's XI against E. H. Budd's XI at Lord's.[1] He made scores of 1 and 4 not out in the match.[2]
Exeter held office in the first two Tory administrations of the Earl of Derby, first as Lord Chamberlain of the Household between February and December 1852, and later as Lord Steward of the Household from 1858 to 1859. Apart from his political career, he was also Lord Lieutenant of Rutland between 1826 and 1867 and of Northamptonshire between 1842 and 1867,[3] and Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort between 1841 and 1846. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1827 and admitted to the Privy Council in 1841.
Lord Exeter married Isabella Poyntz, one of the two daughters and co-heiresses of William Stephen Poyntz, on 12 May 1824. They had seven children:
Lord Exeter died in January 1867, aged 71, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son William. The Marchioness of Exeter died in March 1879, aged 76.