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Sir Robert Cecil 1542–1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1542

Birth Location: St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 7 Feb 1622

Death Location: London, Middlesex, , England

Father: William Burghley

Mother: Mary Cheke

Spouse(s): Lady Somerset

Children(s): Richard Alt-yr-Ynys, Lady Cecil, Lady Cecil, Sir Cecil, Lady Cecil, Lady Cecil, Lady Cecil, Lady Cecil, Sir Cecil, Lady Cecil, Lady Cecil

Sir Robert Cecil was born in 1542 in St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of William Willem Lord Cecil Van Burghley And Mary Cheke. Sir Robert Cecil married Lady Lucy Somerset, and had children including Lady Catherine Cecil, Lady Dorothy Cecil, Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Frances Cecil, Lady Lucy Cecil, Lady Mary Cecil, Lady Mildred Cecil, Lady Susan Cecil, Richard Cecil Ap Philip Seisyllt Of Alt Yr Ynys, Sir Christopher Cecil, Sir Edward Baron Of Putney Viscount Wimbeldon Cecil, Sir Thomas Cecil, Sir William Lord Burleigh Cecil. Sir Robert Cecil passed away in 1622 in London, Middlesex, , England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Cecil was born in 1542 in St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of William Willem Lord Cecil Van Burghley And Mary Cheke.
  • Sir Robert Cecil married Lady Lucy Somerset, and had children including Lady Catherine Cecil, Lady Dorothy Cecil, Lady Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Frances Cecil, Lady Lucy Cecil, Lady Mary Cecil, Lady Mildred Cecil, Lady Susan Cecil, Richard Cecil Ap Philip Seisyllt Of Alt Yr Ynys, Sir Christopher Cecil, Sir Edward Baron Of Putney Viscount Wimbeldon Cecil, Sir Thomas Cecil, Sir William Lord Burleigh Cecil.
  • Sir Robert Cecil passed away in 1622 in London, Middlesex, , England.

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Sir Cecil's Ancestors

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Sir Cecil
1542–1622
Birth Place: St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
William Willem Lord Cecil van Burghley
1520–1598
London, England, United Kingdom
Mary Cheke
1512–1544
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cecil's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Cecil (5 May 1542–7 Feb 1622) m. Lady (Lucy) Somerset (1548–23 March 1608)
  1. 1. Richard (Cecil ap Philip Seisyllt of) Alt-yr-Ynys 1431–1508 m. Lady (Margaret) Vaughan 1435–1508
    1. 1. David Cecil 1456–1541 m. Lady (Joane Dicons or) Dickens 1477–1587 m. Alice Dicons 1477–1532
      1. 1. Joan (Cecil) Browne 1494–1573 m. Christopher (Bedingfield Browne II (Sheriff of) Rutland) 1482–1538 m. Gentlemen (William Hone Judge of) Guildhall 1505–1576
        1. 1. Thomas Vaughan 1533–1590 m. Johanna 1529–1586 m. Miss (Johanne Mrs Thomas Browne of) Virginia 1548–1610
        2. 2. Edmund Browne 1547–
        3. 3. Nicholas Browne 1543–1620
        4. 4. Margaret Browne 1545–1622
        5. 5. Laurence Browne 1539–
        6. 6. Annis Browne 1533–1587
        7. 7. James 1530–1617
        8. 8. Alice Browne 1541–1638
        9. 9. John (Hone, Doctor of civil) law 1524–1582
        10. 10. Robert ("Robertus") Browne 1545–1619
        11. 11. William Browne 1531–1663
        12. 12. Thomas Browne 1535–1600
        13. 13. Gentlemen (Thomas Hone) -Higny 1530–1620
        14. 14. Frances Hone 1546–
      2. 2. Sir (Richard) Cecil 1503–1553
      3. 3. Richard Cecil 1503–1587
      4. 4. Richard (Cecil of) Burghley 1495–1552
      5. 5. David (of Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire Cecil) Syssell 1492–1536
  2. 2. Lady (Dorothy) Cecil 1575–
  3. 3. Lady (Mildred) Cecil 1569–1573
  4. 4. Sir (Edward Baron of Putney Viscount Wimbeldon) Cecil 1572–1638
  5. 5. Lady (Mary) Cecil 1573–1638
  6. 6. Lady (Elizabeth) Cecil 1574–1649
  7. 7. Lady (Susan) Cecil 1574–1575
  8. 8. Lady (Catherine) Cecil 1567–1567
  9. 9. Sir (William Lord Burleigh) Cecil 1566–1639
  10. 10. Lady (Frances) Cecil 1580–1653
  11. 11. Lady (Lucy) Cecil 1568–1614

Sir Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1542
5 May 1542
Birth of Sir Robert Cecil in St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1622
7 Feb 1622
Age 80
Death of Sir Robert Cecil in London, Middlesex, , England
London, Middlesex, , England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1542
    Event Place: St. Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1622
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, , England

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