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b. 1 June 1563, 2nd s. of Sir William Cecil, being o. surv. s. by his 2nd w. Mildred, da. of Sir Anthony Cooke; half-bro. of Thomas Cecil. educ. privately; St. John’s, Camb. c.1579; travelled abroad (France) 1584; G. Inn 1588. m. 31 Aug. 1589, Elizabeth (d.1597), da. of William Brooke alias Cobham, 10th Lord Cobham, 1s. 2da. Kntd. 1591; cr. Baron Cecil 1603; Visct. Cranborne 1604; KB 1605; Earl of Salisbury 1605; KG 1606.
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J.p. Herts. by 1587, Mdx. 1591; PC 2 Aug. 1591; high steward, Camb. Univ. 1591, Doncaster 1596, Plymouth by 1597/8, Kingston-upon-Hull 1603, liberty of St. Martin-le-Grand c. 1603, Lewisham by 1606, Winchester Coll. 1612; principal sec. 1596; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1597 – 99; bailiff, Westminster c. 1598; on embassy to France Mar. – Apr. 1598; master, ct. of wards 1599; recorder, Colchester 1599; commr. to inquire into Essex’s misconduct June 1600; chancellor, Camb. and Dublin univs. 1601; keeper of privy seal and signet Apr. 1603; eccles. commr. by 1603; high steward to Anne of Denmark 1603; ld. lt. Herts. from 1605, Dorset 1611; ld. treasurer 1608; keeper (in reversion) Greenwich park 1605, Old Sarum castle 1606, Hyde park 1606, manor of Hatfield 1607, Somerset House 1608.CP; DNB; APC, xxi. 358; Doncaster Recs. iv. 125; Plymouth Recs. 139.

Parlimentarian
CECIL, Robert (1563-1612), of the Savoy, London and Theobalds, Herts.
Main residences: the Savoy, London; Theobalds, Herts.
Author
P.W.H.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title

CECIL, Robert (1563-1612)

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Oxford 1644
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