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b. c. 1620, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, and Lady Catherine (d.1673), da. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk.CP; VCH Herts. Fams. 115; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 166. educ. private tutor (Geneva), Oct. 1628;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 247. St John’s, Camb. Oct. 1634;Al. Ox. travel (France), 25 Apr. 1636-Jan. 1640; Acad. Geneva, 12 Aug. 1637.HMC Hatfield, xxii, pp. 288, 289, 304; Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 187. m. 8 Aug. 1644, Katherine Hopton (bur. 7 Aug. 1657), ?3s. (?1 d.v.p.), 1da.St Botolph, Aldersgate, London par. reg.; VCH Herts. Fams, 115; HMC Hatfield, xii. 431, 438; Cheshunt, Herts. par. reg.; ‘William Cecil’, Al. Cant. d. ?aft. 1 June. 1660.An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).
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Local: capt. trained bands, St Martin in the Fields, Mdx. Feb. 1642.HMC Hatfield, xxii. 334. Dep. lt. Mdx. ?Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 486a. Commr. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 10 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for An Assessment (1660). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, gaol delivery, Herts. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 240, 240v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Kpr. of the lodge, Theobalds Park, Herts. 13 Feb. 1647.CJ iv. 732a; v. 86b, 87a. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
CECIL, Robert (c.1620-?1660), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Theobalds, Herts.
: of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Herts., Theobalds.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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CECIL, Robert (c.1620-?1660), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Theobalds, Herts.

Will
not found.
Estates
parliamentary pension of £90 p.a. 1 Dec. 1646-?CJ iv. 732a.
Oxford 1644
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