John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (15 May 1674 – 24 December 1721), known as Lord Burghley from 1678 to 1700, was a British

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 peer

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 and Member of Parliament

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Biography

Exeter was the son of John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley until 1678, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was also known as the Travelling Earl.-Life:...

, and Anne Cavendish. He sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland

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 from 1695 to 1700, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords

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. Between 1712 and 1715 he also served as Lord Lieutenant of Rutland

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Lord Exeter married, firstly, Annabella Grey, daughter of Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville

Ford Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville

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, in 1697. After her death in 1698 he married, secondly, Elizabeth Brownlow, daughter of Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet

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, in 1699. He died in December 1721, aged 47, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son from his second marriage, John. Lady Exeter died in 1723.