Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne MP (1619 – December 1660), was an English nobleman and politician who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1648. Cranborne was the eldest son of

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, (28 March 1591 – 3 December 1668), known as Viscount Cranborne from 1605 to 1612, was an English peer, nobleman, and politician. Early years, 1591–1612 Cecil was the son of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of ...

and his wife Lady Catherine Howard, a daughter of the 1st Earl of Suffolk and bore the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. He was educated at

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. In April 1640, Cranborne was elected Member of Parliament for

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for the

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and he was re-elected in November 1640 for the

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. He was

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from 1640 to 1642. Although not specifically excluded under

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, he is not recorded as sitting subsequently. Cranborne predeceased his father at the age of 40 without inheriting the

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. He had married Lady Diana Maxwell, daughter of

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. Their son

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succeeded his grandfather as

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External links

findagrave.com burial record
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cranborne, Charles Cecil, Viscount 1619 births 1660 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge British courtesy viscounts Heirs apparent who never acceded English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 Lord-Lieutenants of Hertfordshire