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b. 27 July 1625, 2nd and o. surv. s. of Sir Sidney Montagu^‡, of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts. and Paulina (d. 17 Sept. 1638), da. of John Pepys of Cottenham, Cambs. educ. Huntingdon g.s., M. Temple 1635. m. 7 Nov. 1642 Jemima (1625-74), da. John Crew, later Bar. Crew, of Steane, Northants., 6s., 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 25 Sept. 1644; KG 1660. d. 28 May 1672; will 21 Nov. 1669, pr. 7 Sept. 1672. TNA, PROB 11/340.

Offices Held

Mbr., army cttee. 1645; treasurer-at-war 1646, 1647; cllr. of state 1653 – 59, Feb.-May 1660, A. and O. ii. 1418. pres. Nov. – Dec. 1653; commr. customs 1653, CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 122. foreign affairs 1653, CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 206, 237. treasury 1654 – 59, June – Sept. 1660, trade 1655 – 57, 1660 – 68, 1669 – d., Admiralty 1655 – 59, Mar. – July 1660, sale of Dunkirk 1662, CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475. Tangier 1662, Pepys Diary, iii. 238. appeals for prizes 1666; Bodl. Carte 73, ff. 386, 397. co-patentee of ballastage 1657 – 58; PC 14 June 1660 – d.; master, Great Wardrobe 1660- 70, king’s swans 1661 – d.; clerk, privy seal 1660 – d.; register, ct. of requests 1660–d.; Pepys Diary, i. 128, 206. pres., Council of Plantations 1670 – d.

Commr. eastern assoc. 1643; New Model ordinance, Hunts. 1645, militia, Hunts. Mar. 1660, swans, Beds., Hunts. and Cambs. 1661; TNA, C 181/7, p. 117. dep. lt., Hunts. 1643 – 60; custos rot., Hunts. 1653 – 59, 1660 – d.; freeman, Dover 1660, Portsmouth 1661; ld. lt., Hunts. (jt.) 1660 – 71, (sole) 1671 – d.; bailiff, Whittlesea Mere 1661; CSP Dom. 1660–1, pp. 586, 603. recorder, Huntingdon 1663 – d.

Col., regt. of ft. (Parl.) 1643 – 45, of horse Sept. 1658 – Aug. 1659; Apr.-Nov. 1660; Pepys Diary, i. 294. gov. Henley-on-Thames, Jan. – Mar. 1645; general-at-sea (jt.) 1656 – 59, (sole) Feb. – May 1660; lt.-adm. and capt.-gen. of the Narrow Seas 1660 – d.; adm. 1661 – d., c.-in-c. of fleet July – Sept. 1665.

Plenip. The Sound, Denmark Mar. – Sept. 1659; amb. extraordinary Portugal June 1661 – May 1662, Apr. – May 1666, Jan. – Mar. 1668, Spain 1666 – 68.

Elder bro., Trinity House 1660 – d., warden Nov. 1660–61, master, 1661 – 62; mbr., R. Adventurers into Africa 1660, asst. 1664 – 66, 1669 – 71, R. Fishing Co. 1664; FRS 1661, council 1668.

Parlimentarian

MONTAGU, Edward I (1625-72), of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.

Associated with: Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.; Lincolns Inn Fields, 'the porch', Mdx.Harris, Sandwich, i. 80, 108, 167, 241, 243; ii. 49, 187; Evelyn Diary, iii. 617.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1655-9, NPG 5488; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1666, NMM BHC3007; oil on canvas aft. Sir P. Lely, 1668, Govt. Art Collection; oil on canvas by Sir P. Lely, c.1670, Yale Univ. Cent. for Brit. Art.

Author

Littleton, Charles

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Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, James (1691-1728)

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Family and Education

b. 8 June 1691, o.s. and h. James Cecil, 4th earl of Salisbury, and Frances (d.1713), da. of Simon Bennett, esq. of Beachampton, Bucks. educ. Christ Church, Oxf., matric. 1705, cr. MA 1707. m. 12 Feb. 1709, Anne (1693-1757), da. Thomas Tufton, 6th earl of Thanet, 1s. d. 9 Oct. 1728; admon. to wid. 23 Oct. 1728. TNA, PROB 6/104, f. 165v.

Offices Held

High steward, Hertford, 1694 – d.; ld. lt. Herts. 1712 – 14.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, James (1691-1728)

Associated with: Hatfield House, Herts. and Westminster.

Likenesses

mezzotint by John Smith aft. Sir G. Kneller 1696, NPG D31109; mezzotint by Pieter Schenk aft. Sir G. G. Kneller 1695 NPG D4152.

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Adams, Beverly

Paley, Ruth

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Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, James (1666-94)

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Family and Education

bap. 26 Sept. 1666, HHM, Genealogies, 65. 1st s. James Cecil, 3rd earl of Salisbury and Margaret, da. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland; bro. of Robert Cecil^‡. educ. St John’s, Camb. 1682; travelled abroad (France and Italy) c.1683-8. HHM, Family pprs. ix. 159; Genealogies, 65; LJ, xiv. 327. m. 13 July 1683 (with £20,000), TNA, C5/71/86. Frances (d. 8 July 1713), da. and coh. of. Simon Bennet of Beachampton and Calverton, Bucks., 1s. 1da. d.v.p. Family pprs. Supplement, 3, 2. d. 24 Oct. 1694; will 22 Dec. 1692 – 2 Sept. 1694, pr. 6 Nov. 1694. TNA, PROB 11/423.

Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber 29 Nov.-24 Dec. 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 367.

High steward, Hertford 1684–d. Genealogies, 65; L. Turnor, Hist. of ... Hertford, 120; CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 246.

Capt., tp. of horse 27 Sept. – 5 Nov. 1688; col., regt. of horse 5 Nov.-14 Dec. 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, pp. 285, 341, 368; 1689–90, p. 13–14.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, James (1666-94)

Associated with: Hatfield House, Herts. and Salisbury House, London.

Likenesses

, group portrait with sister Catherine Cecil, oil on canvas by John Michael Wright, c.1668, Hatfield House, Herts.; two portraits, oil on canvas, by William Wissing c.1685, Hatfield House, Herts.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Littleton, Charles

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Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, James (1646-83)

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Family and Education

b. bef. 27 Mar. 1646, 1st s. of Charles Cecil^‡, Visct. Cranborne and Diana, da. and coh. of James Maxwell, earl of Dirletoun [S]. educ. St John’s, Camb.?; ?m. 1661 (with £9,000 or £11,000), HMC Hatfield, xxii. 439 (£9,000); Stone, Family and Fortune, 153-4 (£11,000); HHM, Estate pprs. Legal 104/13. Margaret (d. Aug. 1682), Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 215-16. da. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland, 5s. 5da. HHM, Estate pprs. Box V, 143. KG 31 Aug. 1680. d. 24 May 1683; will 1 July 1675 – 9 Apr. 1683, pr. 2 May 1687. TNA, PROB 11/380.

Offices Held

PC 3 Jan. 1679 – 18 Jan. 1681.

High steward, Hertford 1668–d. Salmon, Hist. of Herts. (1728), 36; L. Turnor, Hist. of ... Hertford, 107, 120.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, James, Visct. Cranborne (1646-83), of Hatfield, Herts.

Associated with: Hatfield House, Herts. and Salisbury House, Westminster.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1681, Hatfield House, Herts.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Littleton, Charles

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Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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CECIL, William (1591-1668)

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Family and Education

b. 28 Mar. 1591, o.s. of Robert Cecil^†, earl of Salisbury, and Elizabeth (1563-97), da. of William Brooke^†, 10th Bar. Cobham. educ. Sherborne Sch. 1600; St John’s, Camb. matric. 1602, MA 1605; incorp. Oxf. 1605; G. Inn 1605; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Low Countries) 1608-11. m. 1 Dec. 1608, Catherine (bur. 27 Jan. 1673), da. of Thomas Howard^†, earl of Suffolk, 8s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da. (3 d.v.p.). VCH Herts. Fams. 113-17. KB 6 Jan. 1605, KG 13 Dec. 1625. d. 3 Dec. 1668; will 2 Jan. 1665, pr. 23 Dec. 1668. TNA, PROB 11/328.

Offices Held

Mbr. council for New Eng. plantations 1620, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629 – 41, Assembly of Divines 1643, cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1648; PC 22 July 1626–5, Mar. 1642; commr. knighthood fines 1630, fisheries 1630, poor relief 1631, transportation of felons 1633, ct. martial 1644, treaty of Uxbridge 1645, provision for New Model Army 1645, regulating excise 1645, propositions for relief of Ireland 1645, Admiralty 1645 – 48, abuses in heraldry 1646, plantations 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, Great Seal July – Oct. 1646, sale of bps.’ lands 1646, indemnity complaints 1647, managing assessment 1647, navy and customs 1647, scandalous offences 1648, treaty of Newport 1648, removing obstructions to sale of bps.’ lands 1648, indemnity 1649, security of Lord Protector 1656; capt., gent. pens. 1635 – 42; cllr. of state 1649 – 51, 1652 – 53.

Ld. lt., Herts. 1612–42 (jt. with Charles Cecil‡, styled Viscount Cranborne 1640–2), 1642–5, Dorset and Poole 1641 – 42, 1642 – 45; high steward, Hertford 1612–d.; Salmon, Hist. of Herts. (1728), 36; L. Turnor, Hist. of ... Hertford, 120. ranger, Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1612 – 49, 1660 – 61; custos rot. Herts. 1619 – 42, 1653 – 60; commr. defence Wilts. 1644, establishing Western Assoc. 1644, appeals Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Dorset 1659, Herts. 1660; mbr. co. cttee. Dorset 1644, Hants 1645; gov., Charterhouse 1644, Westminster sch. 1649.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, William, Visct. Cranborne (1591-1668), of Hatfield, Herts., Cranborne, Dorset and Salisbury House, The Strand, Westminster.

Associated with: Hatfield House, Herts.; Salisbury House, The Strand, Westminster and Cranborne, Dorset.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by George Geldorp, 1626, Hatfield House, Herts.; oil on canvas by Peter Lely, 1654, HMC Hatfield, xxii. 429. Burghley House, Lincs.; etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1637-44, NPG D16814.

Author

Adams, Beverly

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

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Oxford 1644

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