CECIL, John, Lord Burghley (c.1648-1700), of Burghley House, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1648, 1st s. of John, 4th Earl of Exeter by 1st w. Lady Frances Manners, da. of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland. educ. Stamford g.s.; St. John’s , Camb. 1667. m. lic. 4 May 1670, aged 21, Lady Anne Cavendish, da. of William, 3rd Earl of Devonshire, wid. of Charles, Lord Rich, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. as 5th Earl of Exeter 1 Feb. 1678.Life of Richard Kidder (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxvii), 6.

Offices Held

J.p. Northants. and Peterborough 1670 – c.84; commr. for assessment, Northants. and Rutland 1677 – 78; recorder, Stamford 1682 – 85, Oct. 1688–97.CSP Dom. 1682, p. 559; 1697, p. 477.

Parlimentarian

CECIL, John, Lord Burghley (c.1648-1700), of Burghley House, Northants.

Main residence: Burghley House, Northants.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

CECIL, John (c.1648-1700)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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