Sir Richard Cecil (7 December 1570 – 4 September 1633) was an English politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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at various times between 1593 and 1622.
Cecil was the second son of
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
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.
Family
Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, b ...
and his first wife Dorothy Nevill, the daughter of
John Nevill, 4th Baron Latymer
John Neville, 4th Baron Latimer (1520 – 22 April 1577) was an English peer, and the stepson of Catherine Parr, later the sixth wife of King Henry VIII.
Early life
John Neville, born about 1520, was the only son of John Neville, 3rd Baron Lati ...
. He entered
St John's College, Cambridge in 1585 and
Gray's Inn
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in 1591.
In 1593 he was elected
Member of Parliament
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for
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, B ...
. He travelled abroad in 1594. In 1604 he was elected MP for
Peterborough
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. He was a
J.P. for Northamptonshire by 1605 and was bailiff of the lordship and keeper of the manor and park of Collyweston, Northants in 1607. He was
Deputy Lieutenant of
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
by 1613. In 1614 he was elected MP for
Stamford. He was knighted in 1616. In 1621 he was re-elected MP for
Stamford.
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Cecil died in 1633 at the age of 62.[ He was buried in ]Wakerley
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Forming part of North Northamptonshire, Wakerley is close to, and south of, the River Welland that forms the boundary with Rutland; its nearest neighbour, ...
, 4 September 1633.[
Cecil married Elizabeth Cope, daughter of ]Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet
Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet (c. 1548 – 6 July 1614) of Hanwell in Oxfordshire, was an English Puritan Member of Parliament.
Origins
Anthony Cope was the second son of Edward Cope (d. 1557) (son of the author Anthony Cope (d. 1551)) by his ...
in 1603. His son David
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succeeded to the title of Earl of Exeter
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. He was the brother of Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (29 February 1572 – 16 November 1638) was an English military commander and a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624.
Life
Cecil was the third son of Thomas Ceci ...
and William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, (1566 – 6 July 1640), known as the third Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer.
Life
Exeter was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy Neville, daug ...
.[
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References
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1570 births
1633 deaths
People from Westminster
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Members of Gray's Inn
Younger sons of earls
English MPs 1593
English MPs 1604–1611
English MPs 1614
English MPs 1621–1622