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Sir David Cecil 1567–1640 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1567

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 06 Jul 1640

Death Location: Clerkenwell, London, London, England

Father: Lord Burghley

Mother: Lady Neville

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Sir David Cecil was born in 1567 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Lord Thomas Cecil 1St Earl Of Exeter Lord Burghley And Lady Dorothy Catherine Neville Cecil Countess Of Exeter Neville. Sir David Cecil passed away in 1640 in Clerkenwell, London, London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir David Cecil was born in 1567 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Lord Thomas Cecil 1St Earl Of Exeter Lord Burghley And Lady Dorothy Catherine Neville Cecil Countess Of Exeter Neville.
  • Sir David Cecil passed away in 1640 in Clerkenwell, London, London, England.

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Sir Cecil's Ancestors

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Sir Cecil
1567–1640
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Lord Thomas Cecil 1st Earl of Exeter Lord Burghley
1542–1623
St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Dorothy Catherine Neville-Cecil Countess of Exeter) Neville
1548–1596
Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Mildred\Mary (Cooke \ Cheke) (Cecil)
1524–1589
St Marys, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Sir (John Alexander Neville, 4th Baron) Latimer
1520–1577
Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Wales (Lady Lucy Courtenay of Beaufort, Plantagenet (Neville)of Somerset , Countess) Neville
1523–1582
Chepstow (Monmouthshire) England
Great-Grandparents
EN Neville
1493–1543
Henry Herbert
1501–1549
Lady VIII
1501–1565
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Charles Somerset
1460–1526
Elizabeth HERBERT
1476–1507
Anthony Browne
1443–1506
Lucy Fitzwilliam
1466–1534

Sir Cecil's Timeline

2 Records

1567
1567
Birth of Sir David Cecil in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1640
06 Jul 1640
Age 73
Death of Sir David Cecil in Clerkenwell, London, London, England
Clerkenwell, London, London, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1567
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jul 1640
    Event Place: Clerkenwell, London, London, England

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