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Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset 1535–1615 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England

Death Date: 1 Oct 1615

Death Location: Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England

Father: Lady Dineley(Baker)(Sackville)(Spencer)

Mother: Sir Sissinghurst

Spouse(s): Sir Dorset

Children(s): Lady Sackville

In 1535, Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset entered the world in Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England, born to Lady Elizabeth Welles Of Tunbridge Kent 13Thggr To Princess Di Baroness Of Rich Leighs Dineley Baker Sackville Spencer And Sir John Bloody Knight Chancellor Of The Exchequer Speaker Of The House Of Commons Baker Van Sissinghurst. Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset married Sir Lord Thomas I The Poet Sackville Knight Of The Garter Lord Lieutenant Of Sussex Author Poet English Statesman English Ambassador 1St Baron Of Buckhurst Member Of Parliament Lord High Treasurer Of England 1St Earl Of Dorset, and had children including Lady Jane Sackville Lady Of Buckhurst Viscountes Of Sackville. Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset passed away in 1615 in Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England.

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  • In 1535, Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset entered the world in Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England, born to Lady Elizabeth Welles Of Tunbridge Kent 13Thggr To Princess Di Baroness Of Rich Leighs Dineley Baker Sackville Spencer And Sir John Bloody Knight Chancellor Of The Exchequer Speaker Of The House Of Commons Baker Van Sissinghurst.
  • Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset married Sir Lord Thomas I The Poet Sackville Knight Of The Garter Lord Lieutenant Of Sussex Author Poet English Statesman English Ambassador 1St Baron Of Buckhurst Member Of Parliament Lord High Treasurer Of England 1St Earl Of Dorset, and had children including Lady Jane Sackville Lady Of Buckhurst Viscountes Of Sackville.
  • Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset passed away in 1615 in Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England.

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Children(s)

Lady Dorset's Ancestors

Self
Lady Dorset
1535–1615
Birth Place: Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England
Parents
Lady Elizabeth Welles of Tunbridge, Kent, 13thGGr to Princess Di, Baroness of Rich Leighs, Dineley(Baker)(Sackville)(Spencer)
1515–1551
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Sir (John "Bloody"(Knight, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Speaker of the house of Commons) Baker van) Sissinghurst
1487–1542
Willingdon, Sussex, , England
Grandparents
Thomas (Dineley Lord of Wolverton) Hampshire
1500–1568
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Lady (Philippa Norton "Harpsfield") (Dineley)
1471–1571
Sissinghurst Castle, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Baker
1490–
England
Elizabeth Grilling
1492–
England
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Longford
1487–1548
Edward Dineley
1480–
John Harpsfield
1480–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Dorset's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of) Dorset (1535–1 Oct 1615) m. Sir (Lord Thomas I "The Poet" Sackville, Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex, Author, Poet, English Statesman, English Ambassador 1st Baron of Buckhurst, Member of Parliament, Lord High Treasurer of England, 1st Earl of) Dorset (1536–19 Apr 1608)
  1. 1. Lady (Jane Sackville Lady of Buckhurst, Viscountes of) Sackville 1573–1652 m. Anthony (Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount of Montague) Sir 1574–1629
    1. 1. Lord (Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount of) Montague 1610–1682 m. Lady (Elizabeth Somerset Brown de Plantagenet) Beaufort 1618–1684
      1. 1. Francis (Brown 4th Viscount of) Montague 1654–1709 m. Elizabeth Allen 1660–1700 m. Elizabeth Allen 1663–1690
        1. 1. Daniel (W. Brown) I 1687–1747 m. Elizabeth (Coleman m.) Brown 1685–1747

Lady Dorset's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset in Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England
Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England
1615
1 Oct 1615
Age 80
Death of Lady Cecilia "Cicely" Baker, Lady of Cranbrook, 1st Baroness of Buckhurst, Baroness of the Manor of Bergholt Sackville & Mount Bures, 1st Countess of Dorset in Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England
Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1615
    Event Place: Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Withyham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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