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CECIL, Hon. William (bef.1682-1715), of Snape Hall, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. bef. 1682, 2nd s. of John Cecil†, 5th Earl of Exeter; bro. of Hon. Charles* and John Cecil*, Ld. Burghley. educ. privately (Matthew Prior*); travelled abroad (Holland, France) 1692–3, (France, Italy) 1698, 1699–1700; ?Padua, ?1696. unm. VCH Northants. Fams. i. 34–35; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 308; 1693, p. 229; 1696, p. 180; 1699–1700, p. 259.
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Main residence: Snape Hall, Yorks.
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CECIL, Hon. Robert (1670-1716), of St. Anne’s, Westminster and King’s Walden, Herts.

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bap. 6 Nov. 1670, 2nd s. of James Cecil†, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, by Lady Margaret, da. of John Manners†, 8th Earl of Rutland. m. lic. 28 July 1690, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Isaac Meynell of Meynell Langley, Derbys., wid. of William Hale of King’s Walden, Herts. 3s. 2da. VCH Herts. Fams. 118; PCC 94 Exton.
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Commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696; trade and plantations 1702–7. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 475; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxii. 141; CJ, xii. 508.

Main residences: St. Anne’s, Westminster; King’s Walden, Herts.
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CECIL, Hon. Robert (1670-1716)

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

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b. 15 May 1674, 1st s. and h. of John Cecil†, 5th Earl of Exeter; bro. of Hon. Charles* and Hon. William Cecil*. educ. privately (Matthew Prior*); travelled abroad 1692–3. m. (1) 9 Feb. 1697 (with £30,000), Annabell (d. 1698), da. of John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston, s.p.; (2) 19 Sept. 1699, Elizabeth (with £10,000 and £1,200 p.a.), da. and coh. of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Bt.*, and sis. of William Brownlow*, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. as 6th Earl of Exeter 29 Aug. 1700.
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Freeman, Stamford, 1697–d; recorder, Nov. 1697–d.; custos rot. Peterborough by 1701–c.1720; ld. lt. Rutland 1712–15; custos rot. 1712–? NRA Rep. 6666, Exeter mss 76/119, freedom of Stamford, 1697; 80/17, custos rot. Rutland, 1712; CSP. Dom. 1697, p. 477; Exeter mss at Burghley House, EX76/119/6, confirmation as recorder, 1721; NLW, MS17071E ‘Bk. of the Peace’.

Main residence: Burghley House, Northants.
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CECIL, John, Ld. Burghley (1674-1721)

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CECIL, Hon. Charles (c.1683-1726).

Family and Education
b. c. 1683, 3rd s. of John Cecil†, 5th Earl of Exeter, by Lady Anne Cavendish, da. of William, 3rd Earl of Devonshire, and wid. of Charles, Ld. Rich (o. s. d.v.p. of Charles Rich†, 4th Earl of Warwick); bro. of John Cecil*, Ld. Burghley, and Hon. William Cecil*. educ. privately (Matthew Prior*); travelled abroad (France, Italy), 1699–1700; St. John’s, Camb. adm. 20 Oct. 1696, aged 13; I. Temple 1701. unm. ?; ?suc. bro. William at Snape Hall, Yorks. 1715. VCH Northants. Fams. 34–35.
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CECIL, Hon. Charles (c.1683-1726)

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CAVENDISH, William, Mq. of Hartington (1672-1729).

Family and Education
b. 1672, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Cavendish†, 1st Duke of Devonshire; bro. of Ld. Henry* and Ld. James Cavendish*. educ. privately; travelled abroad (Austria, Germany, Low Countries, Italy) 1690–1; Padua Univ. 1691. m. 21 June 1688 (with £25,000), Rachel (d. 1725), da. of William, Ld. Russell†, 4s. 3da. Styled Ld. Cavendish 1684–94, Mq. of Hartington 1694–1707; suc. fa. as 2nd Duke 18 Aug. 1707; KG 22 Mar. 1710. IGI, London; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 559; Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Berand to Devonshire, 6 Aug. 1690; Beds. RO, Lucas mss L30/8/14/2, Cavendish to Ld. Grey, 23 Dec. 1691; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 13; HMC Rutland, ii. 118.
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Col. 10 Horse 1688–90; capt. yeomen of gd. Jan. 1702–7; commr. union with Scotland 1706; ld. steward 1707– Sept. 1710, Sept. 1714–July 1716; PC 8 Sept. 1707–d.; ld. justice 1714, 1720–5, 1727; ld. pres. July 1716–17, 1725–d.

Freeman, Beverley 1703, Winchester by 1701; custos rot. Derbys. 1707–?; ld. lt. 1707– Sept. 1710, ?Aug. 1714–d.; c.j. in eyre, north of Trent 1707–? Sept. 1710; steward, honor of Tutbury 1707–d., High Peak 1708–d., Derby by 1712. Beverley Bor. Recs. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxxxiv), 192; Hants RO, Winchester bor. recs. ordnance bk. 7, f. 166; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 162, 170.

Gov. Charterhouse 1727–d.

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CAVENDISH, William, Mq. of Hartington (1672-1729)

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CAVENDISH, Lord James (c.1678-1751), of Staveley, Derbys. and Latimer, Bucks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1678, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of William Cavendish†, 1st Duke of Devonshire; bro. of Ld. Henry Cavendish* and William Cavendish*, Mq. of Hartington. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy) 1696–8; Padua Univ. 1697. m. 6 July 1708 (with £8,000), Anne (d. 1721), da. of Elihu Yale of London, gov. of Fort St. George 1687–92 and founder of Yale University. Derby Mercury, 20–27 Dec. 1751; Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Whildon pprs. Aaron Kinton to James Whildon, 24 Aug. 1697; CSP Dom. 1698, p. 278; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 324; Boyer, Anne Annals, vii. 343; 7th Duke of Manchester, Court and Soc. Eliz. to Anne, ii. 366.
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Auditor of foreign revenues [I] 1742–d.

Main residences: Staveley, Derbys.; Latimer, Bucks.
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CAVENDISH, Lord James (c.1678-1751)

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CAVENDISH, Lord Henry (1673-1700), of Soho Square, Mdx. and Latimer, Bucks.

Family and Education
b. 1673, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Cavendish†, 1st Duke of Devonshire, by Lady Mary, da. of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond; bro. of Ld. James* and William Cavendish*, Mq. of Hartington. educ. travelled abroad (Austria, Germany, Low Countries) 1690–?1; Padua Univ. 1691. m. 3 Aug. 1696 (with £20,000), Rhoda (d. 1730), da. of William Cartwright† of Bloxham, Oxon. and sis. of Thomas Cartwright*, 1da. IGI, London; Collins, Peerage, i. 353–4; Bodl. D.D. Dashwood C.3.7–8; BL, Althorp mss, Halifax pprs. Francis Gwyn* to Mq. of Halifax (William Savile*, Ld. Eland), 3 Aug. 1696; Top. and Gen. iii. 29; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 559; Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Cavendish pprs. Berand to Devonshire, ?6 Aug. 1690.
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Main residences: Soho Square, Mdx.; Latimer, Bucks.
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CAVENDISH, Lord Henry (1673-1700)

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CAVE, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1681-1719), of Stanford Hall, Leics.

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bap. 9 Apr. 1681, 1st s. of Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Bt.†, by his 1st w. Martha, da. and h. of John Browne of Eydon, Northants., clerk of the Parliaments. educ. Rugby 1690; Christ Church, Oxf. 1699. m. 20 Feb. 1703 (with £3,000), Margaret (d. 1774), da. of John Verney*, 1st Visct. Fermanagh [I], 2s. 2da. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 11 Oct. 1703. Verney Letters 18th Cent. i. 140.
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Main residence: Stanford Hall, Leics.
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CAVE, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bt. (1681-1719)

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CATER, John (1672-1734), of Kempston Hall, Beds.

Family and Education
b. 1672, 1st s. of Samuel Cater of Kempston Hall and Harrold, sheriff of Beds. 1689–90, by Anne, da. of John Kendall of Bassingbourn, Cambs. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1689. m. 10 July 1694, Mary (d. 1718), da. of Sir Thomas Middleton*, sis. of Thomas Middleton*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1704. F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 164, 403; Beds. N. and Q. ii. 215; C. R. Parrott, All Saints Par. Ch. Kempston, 25–26; Beds. Par. Reg. xxxix. 19, 81–83, 85, 87.
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Burgess, Bedford 1707. Bedford Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act. bk. 1688–1718, f. 91.

Main residence: Kempston Hall, Beds.
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CATER, John (1672-1734)

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CASS, John (1661-1718), Grove Street, Hackney, Mdx.

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b. 28 Feb. 1661, s. of Thomas Cass, Carpenter, of St. Botolph without Aldgate, London, and Hackney, by his 1st w. Martha Johnson. m. 7 Jan. 1684, Elizabeth Franklyn (d. 1732), of Wapping, Mdx. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1699. Kntd. 16 June 1712. D. A. Brunning, ‘Short Acct. of Sir John Cass and His Foundation’ (T/S in Guildhall Lib.), 3; IGI, London; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxx), 156; Gent. Mag. 1732, p. 876.
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Freeman, Carpenters’ Co. 1687, asst. and master 1711, transferred to Skinners’ Co. 1713, master 1714; alderman, London 1711, sheriff 1711.

Asst. R. African Co. 1705–8.

Treasurer, Bethlehem and Bridewell Hosp. 1709–14.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1711, 1712. Guildhall Lib. ms 21742/1; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 122; K. G. Davies, R. African Co. 379; London Rec. Soc. xxiii. 178.

Main residence: Grove Street, Hackney, Mdx.
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CASS, John (1661-1718)

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