 Emma was an heiress, and was able to add the considerable income from the Vernon estates in Worcestershire (her father had died in 1771) and elsewhere to her husband's own allowance, but despite having a large income the couple seem to have got into debt.They had one son born in 1777 who died aged two months, but no further children.In the early years of his marriage Cecil devoted his energies to modernising and improving his residence at Hanbury Hall and the estates.