John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 1674-1721

Paternal Family Tree: Cecil

Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Stumpe

In 1662 Charles Rich and [his mother] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 44] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 43]. He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland. They were fifth cousin once removed.

On 2nd May 1670 [his father] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 22] and [his mother] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire [aged 52] and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire [aged 51]. He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter [aged 42] and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed.

On 15th May 1674 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter was born to John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 26] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 25].

In February 1678 [his grandfather] John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter [aged 50] died. His son [his father] John [aged 30] succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. [his mother] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 29] by marriage Countess Exeter.

In 1695 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 20] was elected MP Rutland.

In 1697 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 22] and Anabella Grey were married. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 41] and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 49] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 48]. They were fifth cousins.

In August 1698 [his wife] Anabella Grey died.

In 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 24] and Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 18] were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 51] and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 50].

Around 1700 [his son] John Cecil 7th Earl Exeter was born to John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 25] and [his wife] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 19].

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On 29th August 1700 [his father] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter [aged 52] died. His son John [aged 26] succeeded 6th Earl Exeter, 7th Baron Burghley. Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 19] by marriage Countess Exeter.

He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map]. Monument to John Cecil and his wife Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 51] sculpted by the French sculptor Pierre Etienne Monnot [aged 43] who was working in Rome. Neo-classical statuary group. One of the finest tombs of its day in the country, displaying strong antique tendencies as befits its Roman creation.

John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter: Around 1648 he was born to John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. On 2nd May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire. He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed. In February 1678 John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter died. His son John succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter by marriage Countess Exeter.

Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter: In 1681 she was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow. In 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter and she were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter. In 1710 Margaret Brownlow died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter, Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel. In 1723 Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter died.

On 4th August 1701 [his son] Brownlow Cecil 8th Earl Exeter was born to John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 27] and [his wife] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 20].

In 1704 [his mother] Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter [aged 55] died.

On 12th June 1708 [his sister] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork [aged 16] died.

In 1710 [his sister-in-law] Margaret Brownlow [aged 23] died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 29], Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford [aged 26] and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel [aged 19].

In June 1711 Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 25] and [his sister-in-law] Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven were married. He the son of Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven [aged 50] and Mary Wynn.

In 1712 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 37] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.

On 24th December 1721 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter [aged 47] died. His son John [aged 21] succeeded 7th Earl Exeter, 8th Baron Burghley.

In 1723 [his former wife] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter [aged 42] died.

[his daughter] Elizabeth Cecil was born to John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter and Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter. She married 1722 William Aislabie.

Ancestors of John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 1674-1721

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cheke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Cecil 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Neville 4th Baron Latimer of Snape 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Somerset Baroness Latimer Snape 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: David Cecil 3rd Earl Exeter 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Cope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cope 13 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rowland Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Lytton 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Carleton 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Egerton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Sparkes of Bickerton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Ravenscroft of Bretton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ravenscroft

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Grosvenor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Egerton Countess Exeter 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Spencer

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Spencer Countess Derby

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Kitson

father: John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Paston Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Manners 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Vernon "King of the Peak" 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Vernon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Tailboys 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Pierrepont 9 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Pierrepont 10 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Winifred Thwaites

Great x 2 Grandmother: Grace Pierrepont 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Cavendish 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandmother: Frances Manners Countess Exeter 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helen Roper

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Montagu 1st Baron Montagu 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Harrington 18 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 19 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Sidney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cotton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Cotton 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Shirley 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Shirley 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Giffard

John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Smith

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Keighley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Keighley

Grandfather: William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Bruce

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss

Great x 1 Grandmother: Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire

mother: Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Cecil

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Heckington

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 11 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 11 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Newton of Hawtrey 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Poyntz 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandmother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Howard Earl of Surrey 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stumpe

John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 1674-1721

Royal Ancestors of John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 1674-1721

Ancestors of John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter 1674-1721