Earl Edward CECIL^{[1, 2]}

1572 - 1638  (66 years)

• Name	Edward CECIL
  Prefix	Earl
  Born	29 Feb 1572	Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	ist Viscount of Wimbledon
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	16 Nov 1638	Wimbledon, London, England
  Person ID	I10085	Main
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas CECIL,   b. 5 May 1542, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ,   d. 7 Feb 1623, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	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
  Photos		Snape_Castle
  Family ID	F3462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Theodosia NOEL,   b. 1585, Dalby, Leicestershire, England ,   d. Mar 1616, Netherlands  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F17152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cecil served with the English forces in the Netherlands between 1596 and 1610, becoming a captain of foot in 1599. In May 1600 he was appointed to a troop of cavalry, which he commanded at the battle of Nieuport, under Sir Francis Vere. In 1601 he commanded a body of one thousand men raised in London for the relief of Ostend, then besieged by the Spanish, and on his return in September was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. He was elected Member of Parliament for Aldborough in 1601. In the spring of 1602 he was colonel of a regiment of English horse under Prince Maurice, and served in the expedition into Brabant and at the siege of Grave. He continued actively serving during the years immediately following, and made his reputation as a soldier. In 1610 he commanded the English contingent of four thousand men serving under Prince Christian of Anhalt in the War of the Jülich succession, at the siege of Juliers in July and August. In 1604 he was re-elected MP for Aldborough. Wimbledon died in 1638 and is buried in the Cecil Chapel at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon. Both his titles became extinct on his death. [3]

  
  

• 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). [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cecil,_1st_Viscount_Wimbledon.