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Family and Education
b. bef. 14 June 1619, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury;Hatfield House, CP 129/151; VCH Herts. Fams. 115. bro. of Robert*. educ. St John's, Camb. 1634-5;Al. Cant.; Hatfield House, CFEP Box H/1. travelled abroad (France) 1636-8;Hatfield House, CFEF Box I/4, ff. 19-21. Acad. Geneva 12 Aug. 1637.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Acad. de Genève ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-1980), i. 187. m. 2 Apr. 1639 (with £18,000), Diana (d.1675), da. and coh. of James Maxwell of Innerwick, Haddington, later 1st earl of Dirletoun, 7s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.).VCH Herts. Fams. 117-18. Styled Visct. Cranborne at birth; KB 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. d. 4 Sept. 1659.Hatfield House, CP 200/26.
Offices Held

Local: kpr. Theobalds House, 1628–49.CJ vi. 405a-406a. J.p. St Albans liberty 11 Jan. 1640-aft. Oct. 1641;Coventry Docquets, 77; C181/5, ff. 156v, 212v. Herts. 11 Jan. 1640 – 15 July 1642, ?-10 July 1656;Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/5, p. 530; C231/6, p. 340. Dorset 6 Mar. 1647–?, 3 July 1649-bef. 1657.C231/6, pp. 78, 157, 340. Commr. oyer and terminer, Herts. 18 June 1640-aft. July 1644.C181/5, ff. 175v, 240. Ld. lt. (jt.) May 1640-July 1642, (sole) July 1642–9; Dorset July 1642–?C231/5, p. 378; Hatfield House, CP 131/108; CJ ii. 660b; LJ v. 193a-b. Commr. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Dorset 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Dep. lt. Herts. Mar. 1642.CJ ii. 483b. Commr. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Herts. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; St Albans 7 May 1643; Eastern Assoc. Herts. 20 Sept. 1643; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Herts. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657.C181/6, p. 221.

Military: col. of volunteers (parlian.), Herts. Sept. 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 579a; LJ x. 295b.

Parlimentarian
CECIL, Charles, Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts.
: Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts. 1619 – 59.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, aft. 1644;Hatfield House, Herts. ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1646.Hatfield House, Herts.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CECIL, Charles, Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts.

Will
not found.
Estates
allowance of £800 p.a. from his father, 1639; d. leaving debts of £15,200.L. Stone, Family and Fortune (Oxford, 1973), 153.
Oxford 1644
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