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Biography of Charles Cecil 1619-1660

Paternal Family Tree: Cecil

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe

1640 Short Parliament

1640 Long Parliament

On 1st December 1608 [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 17) and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 47) and [his grandmother] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 44). He the son of [his grandfather] Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (age 45) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Brooke. They were fifth cousins.

In 1619 Charles Cecil was born to [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 27) and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 29).

Around 1635 Charles Cecil (age 16) educated at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 4th March 1639 [his brother-in-law] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 21) and [his sister] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of [his father] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 47) and [his mother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 49). He the son of William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.

In 1640 Charles Cecil (age 21) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

Short Parliament

In April 1640 Charles Cecil (age 21) was elected MP Hertford during the Short Parliament.

Long Parliament

In November 1640 Charles Cecil (age 21) was elected MP Hertford during the Long Parliament.

Before 1648 Charles Cecil (age 28) and Diana Maxwell were married. She the daughter of James Maxwell 1st Earl Dirletoun. He the son of William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 56) and Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury (age 57).

In 1648 [his son] James Cecil 3rd Earl Salisbury was born to Charles Cecil (age 29) and [his wife] Diana Maxwell. He married 1661 his fifth cousin once removed Margaret Manners Countess of Salisbury, daughter of John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland and Frances Montagu Countess Rutland, and had issue.

Around 1649 [his daughter] Frances Cecil was born to Charles Cecil (age 30) and [his wife] Diana Maxwell. She married 24th December 1679 William Bowyer 2nd Baronet, son of William Bowyer 1st Baronet and Margaret Weld Lady Bowyer, and had issue.

In 1660 Charles Cecil (age 41) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

[his daughter] Catherine Cecil Countess Kinnoul was born to Charles Cecil and Diana Maxwell. She married before 28th March 1677 William Hay 4th Earl Kinnoull, son of George Hay 2nd Earl Kinnoull and Anne Douglas Countess Kinnoul, and had issue.

Charles Cecil appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Charles Cecil

Kings Wessex: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 22 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Charles Cecil
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Charles Cecil

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: David Cecil

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Dicons

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Heckington

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

GrandFather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap

Great x 2 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Saunders of Banbury in Oxfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saunders

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Spencer

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzwilliam 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Father: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Brooke 7th Baron Cobham 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 3 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Neville Baroness Cobham 2 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Heydon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Boleyn 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bray of Eaton Bray

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Halwell of Halwell in Devon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Norbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandMother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Newton of Hawtrey 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Gorges

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Gorges 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Howard 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 7 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Poyntz

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Poyntz 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Woodville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Poyntz 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Huddersfield

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Huddersfield 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Courtenay 4 x Great Grand Daughter of

Charles Cecil 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 4 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Colbroke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Trussell

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Donne 10 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandFather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Mother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tilney Countess of Surrey 8 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Pickering 5 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Lewknor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Daughter of

GrandMother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Grand Daughter of

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe