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Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil 1542–1622 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 05 May 1542

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 7 Feb 1622

Death Location: London, Burghley House, Strand, England

Father: Lord 1st

Mother: Lady Burleigh

Spouse(s): Lady Neville, Elizabeth Neville, Lady Neville

Children(s): Margaret (Hatton)

The story of Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil began in 1542 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil married Elizabeth Danvers Carey Maiden Na Neville, Frances Brydges, Lady Dorothy Countess Of Exeter Neville, Lady Margaret De Neville, and had children including Margaret Cecil Astone Hatton. Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil passed away in 1622 in London, Burghley House, Strand, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil began in 1542 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil married Elizabeth Danvers Carey Maiden Na Neville, Frances Brydges, Lady Dorothy Countess Of Exeter Neville, Lady Margaret De Neville, and had children including Margaret Cecil Astone Hatton.
  • Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil passed away in 1622 in London, Burghley House, Strand, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Sir Cecil's Ancestors

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Sir Cecil
1542–1622
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Lord William Cecil (1st Baron of Burghley & advisor to Queen Elizabeth 1st
1521–1598
Bourne, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England
Lady (Mildred Cooke Cecil, Lady) Burleigh
1524–1589
Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
Grandparents
Lady (Janyne (Jane) Heckington Lady of Tickencote and Rutland, Baroness Cecil, Lady) Burghley
1501–1587
Tickencote, Rutland or Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
Sir (Anthony "the Scholar" (Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford, Companion Tutor to King Edward VI)) Cooke
1504–1576
Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, England
Anne FitzWilliam
1504–1588
Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cecil's Descendants

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Sir (Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G.") Cecil (05 May 1542–7 Feb 1622) m. Lady (dorothy countess of exeter) Neville (1548–23 March 1608) m. Elizabeth (Danvers (Carey Maiden Na,)) Neville (1550–1630) m. Lady (Margaret De) Neville (1545–1630)
  1. 1. Margaret (Cecil Astone) (Hatton) 1579–1646 m. Robert Hatton 1579–1650 m. Richard Hatton 1590– m. Robert Hatton 1601–1638 m. John Hatton 1587–1650
    1. 1. Richard Eaton 1610–1649 m. Priscilla Hamon 1610–1685
      1. 1. Richard Eaton 1635–1725 m. Joyce 1635–
        1. 1. Jane (M) Eton 1656–1715 m. Edward Pankhurst 1658–1689

Sir Cecil's Timeline

4 Records

1542
05 May 1542
Birth of Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1562
27 Nov 1562
Age 20
Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil was married
None
1622
7 Feb 1622
Age 80
Death of Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil in London, Burghley House, Strand, England
London, Burghley House, Strand, England
1853
July 1853
Age 311
Sir Thomas "1st Earl Exeter K.G." Cecil was married in Poplar, London, United Kingdom
Poplar, London, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 May 1542
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1562

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: July 1853
    Event Place: Poplar, London, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Feb 1622
    Event Place: London, Burghley House, Strand, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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