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b. 1645, 1st s. of John Hay, 1st mq. of Tweeddale [S], and Jean (Jane), da. of Walter Scott, 1st earl of Buccleuch [S]. m. 11 Dec. 1666, Mary (d.1702), da. and coh. John Maitland, 1st duke of Lauderdale [S] and 1st earl of Guilford, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. d. 20 May 1713; will pr. 12 Aug. 1713. Douglas, Scots Peerage, viii. 456–7.

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PC [S] 1670 – 88, 1689- 1702 – 05; commr. borders [S] 1672, 1673, adm. [S] 1695, auditing treasury accts. [S] 1695 – 97, adm. accts. [S] 1698; ld. treas. [S] 1695; ld. high commr. to parl. [S] 1704; ld. chan. [S] 1704–5. CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 109; CSP Dom. 1694–5, pp. 428, 445; CSP Dom. 1696, pp. 120, 168; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 480; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 321; CSP Dom. 1704–5, p. 227.

Col. militia regt. (ft.) Haddington 1668 – 75, 1685, Linlithgow and Peebles 1682, capt. militia (horse) Haddington and Berwickshire 1689, ind. troop 1689; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 85. commr. supply, Haddington, 1678, 1685, 1690, 1704, Peebles 1678, 1685, Midlothian 1690, 1704, Fifes. 1695, 1704, Berwickshire 1704; sheriff, Haddington 1694 – d.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1668.

FRS 23 May 1666; dir. Co. of Scotland 1694.

Parlimentarian

HAY, John (1645-1713)

Associated with: Yester House, Gifford.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by G. Soest, Glasgow Museums Resource Centre; oil on canvas by J. F. Voet, Scot. NPG.

Author

Townend, Graham

Hayton, David

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, John (1674-1721)

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Family and Education

b. 15 May 1674, 1st s. John Cecil, 5th earl of Exeter, and Anne, Lady Rich, da. William Cavendish, 3rd earl of Devonshire. educ. privately (Matthew Prior^‡); travelled abroad 1692-3 (Holland). CSP Dom. 1691-2, p. 308; Bodl: MS Rawl. letters 45, no. 34. m. (1) 9 Feb. 1697 (with £30,000) Annabella (d. 1698), da. John Bennet, Bar. Ossulston, s.p; (2) 19 Sept. 1699 (with £10,000 and £1,200 p.a.) Elizabeth (d. 1723), da. and coh. of Sir John Brownlow^‡, 3rd bt., of Belton, Lincs., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. d. c. 21 Dec. 1721; Burghley House, Exeter mss 51/19/8. will 20 Jan. 1719 -27 Aug. 1721, pr. 13 Apr. 1722. TNA, PROB 11/584.

Offices Held

Ch. almoner at coronation of Queen Anne, 1702. TNA, C195/7, f. 9.

Freeman, Stamford, 1697–d, recorder, Nov. 1697–d.; Burghley House, Exeter mss 76/119/4. custos rot. Peterborough by 10 Mar. 1697–?, 27 Oct. 1712–26 May 1715; TNA, C66/3393, C231/9, p. 273, C66/3510, no. 5. ld. lt. Rutland, 1712 – 15, custos rot., 1712 – 15.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, John, Lord Burghley (1674-1721), of Burghley House, Northants.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by W. Wissing, Burghley House, Lincs.; mezzotint by J. Smith, aft. Wissing, NPG D30681.

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, John (c. 1648-1700)

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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

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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