John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628 – February 1678), styled Lord Burghley from 1640 to 1643, was an English peer. He inherited the

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from his father

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in 1643. He was joint

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from 1660 to 1673; after 1673, he held the Lord Lieutenancy for East Northamptonshire while the

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held the West. From 1660 to 1676 he was

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of Stamford, and in November 1660, was granted the office of Keeper of the West Hay, Bailiwick of Cliffe,

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. He married Lady Frances Manners (c. 1636 – 1660 or 1669), daughter of

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, from which marriage there were two surviving children: *

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. After his first wife's death, he married the widow,

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, daughter of the

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John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (1628 – February 1678), styled Lord Burghley from 1640 to 1643, was an English peer. He inherited the earldom from his father David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter in 1643. He was joint Lord Lieutenant of Northamptons ...

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