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Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) 1520–1598 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 September 1520

Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 Aug 1598

Death Location: Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Father: Richard Rutland

Mother: Lady Burghley

Spouse(s): Mildred Cooke

Children(s): Thomas Cecil, Anne Cecil, Catherine Cecil, Margaret Cecil, Robert Salisbury, Anne Cecil, Frances Cecil

In 1520, Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) entered the world in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Page Courtier Knight Cecil High Rutland And Lady Janyne Jane Heckington Lady Of Tickencote And Rutland Baroness Cecil Lady Burghley. Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) married Mildred Lady Burghley Cooke, and had children including Anne Countess Of Oxford Cecil, Anne Cecil De Vere Mistress Vavasour Maid Of Honour To Elizabeth I Cecil, Catherine Cecil, Frances Fransica Cecil, Margaret Cecil, Robert Cecil 1St Earl Of Salisbury, Thomas Cecil. Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) passed away in 1598 in Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1520, Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) entered the world in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Richard Page Courtier Knight Cecil High Rutland And Lady Janyne Jane Heckington Lady Of Tickencote And Rutland Baroness Cecil Lady Burghley.
  • Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) married Mildred Lady Burghley Cooke, and had children including Anne Countess Of Oxford Cecil, Anne Cecil De Vere Mistress Vavasour Maid Of Honour To Elizabeth I Cecil, Catherine Cecil, Frances Fransica Cecil, Margaret Cecil, Robert Cecil 1St Earl Of Salisbury, Thomas Cecil.
  • Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) passed away in 1598 in Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lord I)'s Ancestors

Self
Lord I)
1520–1598
Birth Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Page Courtier Knight Cecil High Rutland
1495–1553
Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Janyne (Jane) Heckington Lady of Tickencote and Rutland, Baroness Cecil, Lady) Burghley
1501–1587
Tickencote, Rutland or Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Grandparents
William Heckington
1472–
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Alice (Anne) Walcot
1475–
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord I)'s Descendants

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Lord (William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth) I) (28 September 1520–4 Aug 1598) m. Mildred ((Lady Burghley)) Cooke (24 August 1524–5 April 1589)
  1. 1. Thomas Cecil 1542–1623 m. Dorothy Cecil 1548–1608 m. Elizabeth (Danvers (Carey Maiden Na,)) Neville 1550–1630 m. Lady (Margaret De) Neville 1545–1630
    1. 1. Sir (Knight William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, Knight of The) Garter 1566–1640 m. Mary (Elizabeth Countess Exeter Lady Drury) 10mggm 1578–1654 m. Elizabeth Cecil –1659
      1. 1. Ann (M) Grey 1603–1676
        1. 1. Robert Gray 1634–1718 m. Hannah Holt 1634–1738
      2. 2. Elizabeth Howard –1672
      3. 3. Diana Bruce 1596–1654
    2. 2. Sir (Edward Cecil (1st Viscount Wimbledon) (Baron of Putney) Viscount) Wimbledon 1572–1638
    3. 3. Lady (Catherine) Cecil 1567–1567
    4. 4. Lucy Cecil 1567–1614
    5. 5. Lady (Mildred) Cecil 1569–1611
    6. 6. Sir (Richard Cecil of) Wakerley 1570–1633
    7. 7. Lady (Mary) Cecil 1573–1638
    8. 8. Dorothy Cecil 1577–1613
    9. 9. Lady (Elizabeth) Cecil 1578–1646
    10. 10. Sir (Thomas Cecil) Esquire 1578–1662
    11. 11. Lady (Diana Frances Cecil Countess of Isle of) Thanet 1580–1653
    12. 12. Sir (David) Cecil 1567–1640
    13. 13. Sir (Christopher) Cecil 1576–1576
    14. 14. Lady (Elizabeth) Cecil 1574–1575
    15. 15. Lady (Susan) Cecil 1574–1575
    16. 16. Margaret (Cecil) Astone 1584–1646
    17. 17. Lady (Mildred) Cecil 1575–1611
  2. 2. Anne (Cecil (De Vere) (Mistress Vavasour Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I )) Cecil 1564–1583
  3. 3. Catherine Cecil 1543–1567
  4. 4. Margaret Cecil 1545–1578
  5. 5. Robert (Cecil 1st Earl of) Salisbury 1563–1612
  6. 6. Anne ((Countess of Oxford)) Cecil 1556–1588
  7. 7. Frances (Fransica) Cecil 1556–

Lord I)'s Timeline

3 Records

1520
28 September 1520
Birth of Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1541
8 August 1541
Age 21
Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) was married in Gray's Inn, London, Middlesex, (Present UK), London, England, United Kingdom
Gray's Inn, London, Middlesex, (Present UK), London, England, United Kingdom
1598
4 Aug 1598
Age 78
Death of Lord William Cecil (and Advisor To Queen Elizabeth I) in Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 September 1520
    Event Place: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 8 August 1541
    Event Place: Gray's Inn, London, Middlesex, (Present UK), London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Aug 1598
    Event Place: Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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