CECIL, John (c. 1648-1700) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c. 1648, 1st s. John Cecil, 4th earl of Exeter, and Frances, da. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland. educ. Stamford g.s.; St John’s Camb. matric. 18 June 1667; travelled abroad (Italy) 1679, 1683. m. lic. 4 May 1670 (with £16,000), Durham UL, Cosin letter book 5a, 75. Anne, Lady Rich (d.1703), da. William Cavendish, 3rd earl of Devonshire, wid. of Charles Rich, Ld. Rich, 4s. 4da. d. 29 Aug. 1700; will 15 July 1699, pr. 2 May 1701. TNA, PROB 11/460.

Offices Held

Chief almoner at coronation 1685.

Commr. assessment, Northants., Rutland 1677 – 78; recorder, Stamford 1682 – 85, 1688–97. CSP Dom. 1682, pp. 589–90; Burghley House, Exeter mss 76/119/1, 76/119/2.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, John, Lord Burghley (c.1648-1700), of Burghley House, Northants.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, n.d., Burghley House; A Guide to Burghley House, Northampton, 28. mezzotint by R. Tompson after Sir P. Lely, 1678-9, NPG D36617.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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