John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (15 May 1674 – 24 December 1721), known as Lord Burleigh from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and

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. He was the son of

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter (c. 1648 – 29 August 1700), known as Lord Burghley until 1678, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was also known as the Travelling Earl. Life Exeter was the son of John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter (162 ...

, and Anne Cavendish. He sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1695 to 1700, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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. Between 1712 and 1715 he also served as

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. Exeter married, firstly, Annabella Grey, daughter of

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, in 1697. After her death in 1698 he married, secondly, Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of

Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet (26 June 1659 – 16 July 1697) of Belton House near Grantham in Lincolnshire, was an English member of parliament. He built the grand mansion of Belton House, which survives today. He was born on 26 June 1659, ...

, in 1699. He died on Christmas Eve in December 1721, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son from his second marriage, John. Lady Exeter died in 1723. The 6th Earl's second son from his second marriage,

Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter (4 August 1701 – 3 November 1754), known as the Honourable Brownlow Cecil from 1701 to 1722, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Life Exeter was the second son of John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter, and ...

, would eventually succeed his brother to the title. The 6th Earl also had a third son, named William, who was educated with his brother Brownlow 'at St. John's College, Cambridge, and gave great hopes that he would maintain the lustre of the family; "but died too early, to the concern of all who had the happiness of his acquaintance, July 19, 1717."' He also had a fourth and a fifth son, Francis and Charles. 'The Hon. Charles Cecil, fifth son of John, sixth earl of Exeter, died young and unmarried, in 1726'. He also had a daughter, Lady Elizabeth Aislabie. She was the only daughter of the Earl, and wife of William Aislabie, Esq. of Studley, in Yorkshire, son and heir of

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, Chancellor of the Exchequor. She died in 1733, aged 26 years, and was buried at Ripon.

References

Bibliography

* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

External links

www.thepeerage.com
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John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (15 May 1674 – 24 December 1721), known as Lord Burleigh from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was the son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, and Anne Cavendish. He sat as Member o ...

Earls of Exeter Lord-Lieutenants of Rutland Burghley, John Cecil, Lord English MPs 1698–1700