David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (c. 1600–1643) was an English peer and member of the

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Life

David Cecil was the son of Sir Richard Cecil of

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. He was educated at

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, and admitted at

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in 1627. In 1640, he sat for

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in the

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. He inherited the

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in July 1640 from his uncle

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, d ...

. He married Elizabeth Egerton (d. 1688), daughter of

John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, KB, PC (1579 – 4 December 1649), was an English peer and politician from the Egerton family. The son of Sir Thomas Egerton and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxfor ...

. Their daughter, Lady Frances Cecil (1633–1652), married

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC, FRS (22 July 1621 – 21 January 1683), was an English statesman and peer. He held senior political office under both the Commonwealth of England and Charles II, serving as Chancellor of the ...

. He was succeeded by his son John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter.

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*http://thepeerage.com/p1636.htm#i16351 1600s births 1643 deaths 17th-century English nobility Barons Burghley Earls of Exeter David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter Cecil, David {{April1640-England-MP-stub