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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier. [1]
7 de ago. de 2023 · Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier. Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, by his first wife, Mary Cheke (died February 1543).
- England
- "Lord Burghley", "1st Earl Exeter K.G. Cecil"
- Dorothy Cecil, Frances Cecil
- March 05, 1542
3 de nov. de 2020 · Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, his first wife, two daughters and his son are buried in a vault in St John the Baptist's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
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Birth and Parentage
Thomas Cecil, later 1st Earl of Exeter was born on 5 May 1542, in the Parish of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, the only child of William Cecil, later 1st Lord Burghley, and his first wife Mary Cheke.
Earlier Life
Thomas was educated at home before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1558.He was admitted to Gray's Inn on 20 January 1559-60. In 1561 Thomas's father sent him to France to round out his preparation for later life, under the oversight of Thomas Windebanke, a senior member of his father's entourage. His father issued stern instructions about regular saying of prayers, Bible-reading and confessing sins. Correspondence shows that William Cecil was concerned that his son was making poor use...
Member of Parliament
Thomas Cecil was elected a Member of Parliament seven times, to represent: 1. Stamford in 1563, 1571 and 1572 2. Lincolnshire in 1584 and 1586 3. Northamptonshire in 1593 and 1597 Thomas's interests were not primarily in parliamentary business and only in the last of these Parliaments was he seriously active, moving Bills and taking part in Committees, at times in ways that were inimical to his father and his half-brother Robert.
Birth Date of Daughter Elizabeth
Burghley's Memoriæ nativitatum et aliarum rerum gestarum gives 22 September 1574 as the birth date of a daughter Elizabeth - the same date as Susanna who died in infancy. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for Edward Coke gives the birth date of his wife Elizabeth Cecil, daughter of the Thomas of this profile, as 1578.It is conceivable that there were two daughters called Elizabeth, the first of whom died in infancy, but if so, it is curious that Burghley does not seem to have...
Birth Dates of Daughters Mildred and Mary
The closeness in the sources found so far of Mildred’s baptism date to Mary’s birth date raises obvious questions. Was Mildred born some time before her baptism? Were they twins, and if so, why wasn’t Mary baptised on the same date as Mildred? Is there a mistake in the parish register record of Mildred’s baptism? Mildred married on 28 February 1586/7.If she was born in 1573, that would make her about 13 at the time of marriage: that is quite possible for this period.
Death Date
Cokayne gives his death date as 8 February 1622/3. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says it was 7 February,as does the History of Parliament Online.
Cecil, William, Lord Burghley. "Memoriæ nativitatum et aliarum rerum gestarum" c. 1594, in Calendar of the manuscripts of the most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G.,...Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom extant extinct or dormant, 2nd ed., vol. 5, edite...J A Venn. Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.ukJoseph Foster. The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, privately printed by the Hansard Publishing Company, London, 1889, column 28, Internet Archive- Male
- February 7, 1623
When Sir Thomas Cecil 1st Earl of Exeter was born on 5 May 1542, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Sir William Cecil, was 21 and his mother, Mary Cheke, was 17. He married Dorothy Neville on 27 November 1564, in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England.
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- Dorothy Neville, Frances Brydges
In 1605 Thomas Cecil was created Earl of Exeter in the Peerage of England (on the same day his half-brother was created Earl of Salisbury). Thomas was succeeded by his eldest son William Cecil, the second Earl. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Lord Exeter married as his first wife Elizabeth, 16th Baroness de Ros.
The standing of his family brought Cecil election to seven Elizabethan Parliaments. He made no known contribution to the business of his first two, nor to the first session of his third. The first mention of him in the journals is as a member of a legal committee on 24 Feb. 1576.
