Marquess of Exeter
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Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the peerage of England and once in the peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the peerage of England in 1525 for H
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Burghley House, the ancestral seat of the Marquesses of Exeter
Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter FRS, known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as The Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1
Marquess of Exeter
…the ninth Earl, was member of parliament for Rutland and also Lord Lieutenant of that county. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the tenth Earl. He was the son of Thomas Chambers Cecil, second son of the eighth Earl. Lord Exeter represented Stamford in Parliament for sixteen years. In 1801 he…
The Marquess of Exeter with his second wife, Sarah, and their daughter, Lady Sophia Cecil. By Thomas Lawrence.
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
Burghley House, Cambridgeshire