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William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, KG PC (1566 – 6 July 1640), known as the third Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer .
3 de nov. de 2020 · Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, Baron of Burleigh, Knight of the Garter, Privy Counsellor to King James, with his two dearly beloved wives, Dorothy Neville, daughter and co-heir to the noble Lord Latimer, his first wife, and Frances Brydges of the noble family of the Chandos, his second wife.
27 de abr. de 2022 · Genealogy for William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, PC, KG (1565 - 1640) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
When William Cecil 2nd Earl of Exeter was born on 2 January 1566, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, his father, Sir Thomas Cecil, was 23 and his mother, Dorothy Neville, was 19. He married Elizabeth Manners 15th Baroness Ros of Helmsley in January 1589, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.
12 de jun. de 2022 · Explore genealogy for William Cecil born bef. 1566 York, Yorkshire, England died 1640 Exeter House, St. James, Clerkenwell, England including ancestors + descendants + more in the free family tree community.
Lord Burghley was undoubtedly the greatest and most powerful councillor of the first Elizabethan era. Born in the parish of Bourne, the son of a minor courtier for Henry VIII, William Cecil had an astonishingly successful career.
Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, by his first wife, Mary Cheke (d. February 1543), daughter of Peter Cheke of Cambridge, Esquire Bedell of the University from 1509 until his death in 1529 (and sister of Sir John Cheke).
