Cecil House
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Cecil House refers to two historical mansions on the Strand, London, in the vicinity of the Savoy. The first was a 16th-century house on the north side, where the Strand Palace Hotel now stands. The s
Exeter House, as Exeter 'Change, viewed from the east, in an engraving, 1829
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter KG, known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier.
Cecil House
…mount with a spiralling path to its top, a paved tennis court, a bowling alley, and an orchard. The house became the residence of Burghley's elder son, Thomas Cecil, created Earl of Exeter in 1605; thus, in Wenceslas Hollar's bird's-eye view of London (circa 1658), it is labelled "Exeter House". The structure formed…
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Dorothy Neville, first wife of Thomas Cecil (1549–1608)
Burghley House