Sir Thomas CECIL^{[1, 2]}

1542 - 1623  (80 years)

• Name	Thomas CECIL
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	5 May 1542	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	1st Earl of Exeter under James VI
  Occupation	1st Earl of Exeter, Lord of Burghley
  Died	7 Feb 1623	Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
  Buried	10 Feb 1623	St John Baptist Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, England
  Person ID	I10073	Main
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Lord William CECIL,   b. 13 Sep 1520, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 Aug 1598, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary CHEKE,   b. 1522, St Mary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ,   d. 22 Feb 1544, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England  (Age 22 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1541	Gray's Inn, London, England
  Family ID	F1801	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothy NEVILLE,   b. 1548, Snape Hall, Snape, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 23 Mar 1608, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 60 years)
  Married	27 Nov 1564	Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. Earl William CECIL,   b. Jan 1565, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 6 Jul 1640, Exeter House, London, England  (Age ~ 75 years)   2. Earl Edward CECIL,   b. 29 Feb 1572, Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England ,   d. 16 Nov 1638, Wimbledon, London, England  (Age 66 years)   3. Catherine CECIL,   b. 15 Apr 1567, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 27 Jun 1567, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 0 years) + 4. Sir Thomas CECIL,   b. 30 Dec 1578, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 3 Dec 1662, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 83 years)   5. Susan CECIL,   b. 22 Sep 1574, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 9 Aug 1575  (Age 0 years)   6. Lucy CECIL,   b. 7 Mar 1568, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1 Oct 1614  (Age 46 years)   7. Mildred CECIL,   b. 20 Jul 1569, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 23 Dec 1611, Abingdon, Berkshire, England  (Age 42 years)   8. Sir Richard CECIL,   b. 7 Dec 1570, Wakerley, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 4 Sep 1633, England  (Age 62 years)   9. Mary CECIL,   b. 15 Jul 1573, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 18 Mar 1638  (Age 64 years)   10. Elizabeth CECIL,   b. 22 Sep 1574, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 3 Jan 1646, Hatton House, Holborn, Middlesex, England  (Age 71 years)   11. Dorothy CECIL,   b. Aug 1577, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 10 Nov 1613, Exeter, Devonshire, England  (Age ~ 36 years)   12. Diana Frances CECIL,   b. 28 Feb 1580, Ridgeley Hall, Terling, Essex, England ,   d. 12 Jun 1653, Rainham, Kent, England  (Age 73 years)
  Photos		Snape_Castle
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2016
  Family ID	F3462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Frances Elizabeth BRYDGES,   b. Abt 1580, Sudely Manor, Gloucester, England ,   d. 20 Jan 1663, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	1610	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  Children	1. Anna Sophia CECIL,   b. 13 Jul 1616,   d. 15 Sep 1621  (Age 5 years)
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F3463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  earl-thomas-cecil

  
  

• Notes

  He served in government under Elizabeth I of England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] CECIL. The Witten/Cecil Family, Randy Cecil. [S69] CECIL. The Cecil’s of Hatfield House, An English Ruling Family, Cecil, David, (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. 1973).