A school photograph of Lord Burleigh at Eton College circa 1919, 8 by 11in., by Hills and Saunders, Eton, mounted with a manuscript legend below ident

A school photograph of Lord Burleigh at Eton College circa 1919, 8 by 11in., by Hills and Saunders, Eton, mounted with a manuscript legend below identifying the pupils, running to a second sheet which has been mounted behind, Lord Burghley can be seen standing in the back row, four from the right; sold with a photocopy of a letter from the Eton College librarian confirming the identity of Lord Burghley and dating the photograph to circa 1919; and two photocopies issued gratis by the National Portrait Gallery of photographic portraits of Lord Burleigh (4) 42 Etonians are portrayed in this photograph together with their Housemaster W. Hare. After schooling at Eton and Le Rosey in Switzerland, David George Brownlow Cecil, later 6th Marquess of Exeter, and Baron Burghley Lord Burleigh went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Lord Burghley was still a Cambridge student when he competed in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games as a 19-year-old. His greatest moment, however, came at the proceeding Olympic Games at Amsterdam in 1928 when he won gold in the men's 400 metres hurdles. He later added a silver as a member of the 4x400m relay team at Los Angeles in 1932. Lord Burleigh was the British Olympic captain in 1932 and 1936, and later Chairman of the Organising and Executive Committee of the 1948 London Olympic Games. He also held the posts of President of the Amateur Athletics Association for a period of 40 years between 1936 and 1976, the International Amateur Athletics Federation from 1946 to 1976, and the British Olympic Association from 1966 to 1977, Chairman from 1936 to 1966. In the movie 'Chariots of Fire' Nigel Havers's character Lord Andrew Lindsay was partially based on Lord Burghley, being a young athlete still at Cambridge whilst competing in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.