Sr., Thomas Cecil 1a 2 3 4a

Birth Name Sr., Thomas Cecil
Gender male
Age at Death 76 years, 9 months, 3 days

Narrative

Lord President of the Council of the North

He went abroad for a year at age 19. Thomas was "healthy, lazy, amiable with not much of a brain and intent on mainly girls and sport." Thomas did manage to settle down respectably and became Earl of Exeter. Signer, along with son Edward, of the Second Virginia Charter, May 23, 1609. Meetings of the managers of the Virginia Company were sometimes held at his house in London, first known as Burleigh House, and later as Exeter House.

He was the eldest son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was created 1st Earl of Exeter on May 4, 1605, the same day his half-brother Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cranborne was created 1st Earl of Salisbury.
Thomas Cecil served in government under Elizabeth I of England, first serving in the House of Commons in 1563 and representing various constituencies for most of the time from then until 1593. He was knighted in 1575. After his father's death in 1598 brought him a seat in the House of Lords, the 2nd Lord Burghley, as he then was, served from 1599 to 1603 as Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire and Lord President of the Council of the North. It was during this period that Queen Elizabeth made him a Knight of the Garter in 1601.
Unlike his brother, however, he did not become a Government minister under James I.
(Wikipedia)

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1546-05-05 Cambridge, England   5
Death 1623-02-08 Burghley House, Lincolnshire, England   5

Age: 76y 9m 3d

Burial   St Mary’s church, Wimbledon   5
Christening   1601    

Families

Family of Sr., Thomas Cecil and Neville, *Dorothy
Married Wife Neville, *Dorothy ( * 1548 + 1607-03-23 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1564-11-27 Yorkshire, England Religious Marriage 3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Cecil, William1565-01-131640-07-06
Cecil, Davidbetween 1567 and 1574
Cecil, Lucy1568-03-071614-10-01
Cecil, Richard15701633-09-04
Cecil, Honerable Sir Edward1571-11-111638-11-18
Cecil, Mildred1573-06-11
Cecil, Mary1573-07-151638-03-18
Cecil, Elizabeth1574-09-22
Cecil, Christopher1576-05-04
Jr., Sir Thomas Cecil1578-12-301662-12-03
Cecil, Frances1580-02-281653-06-12

Source References

  1. Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited & Extinct Peerages, Cailli-Cutts
      • Page: 110
  2. Wikipedia
  3. The Cecil Family, by George Ravenscroft Dennis
  4. RCKarnes: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=arciek&id=I25867 Carrie's Family Tree
      • Source text:

        # ID: I25867
        # Name: *William BOURCHIER
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: 1386 in Little Eaton, Essex, England 1
        # Death: 28 MAY 1420 in Troyes, Aube, France 2
        # Occupation: Count of Eu 2
        # Note:

        son of William and Eleanor de Lovaine

        William Bourchier (1386-1420) was a Count of Eu in Normandy.
        He was the son of William Bourchier and Eleanor Lovain. He married Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Stafford and Eu,the daughter of the English prince, Thomas of Woodstock.
        (Wikipedia)

         

         

         

         

        Father: *William BOURCHIER b: ABT 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England
        Mother: Eleanor LOUVAIN b: 27 MAY 1345 in Little Eaton, Essex, England

        Marriage 1 *Anne of GLOUCESTER b: APR 1383 in Pheshy, Essex, England

        * Married: 1404 3

        Children

        1. Has No Children Eleanor BOURCHIER b: ABT 1417
        2. Has No Children William BOURCHIER
        3. Has No Children Thomas BOURCHIER b: ABT 1404
        4. Has Children Henry BOURCHIER b: BET 1404 AND 1406 in Little Eaton, Essex, England
        5. Has Children *John BOURCHIER b: 1410 in Little Eaton, Essex, England

         

        Sources:

        1. Title: 1Wikipedia
        2. Title: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
        3. Title: Dunham Genealogy English and American Branches of the Dunham Family

         

         

      • Citation:

        e-mail: arciek@juno.com

  5. 1Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia