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c. 1460–c. 1540 |
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c. 1495–1553 |
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1520–1598
1st Baron Burghley | | Mildred Cooke
1526–1589 |
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Viscount Cranborne, 1604
Earl of Salisbury (5th creation), 1605 |
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| | | | Thomas Cecil
1542–1623
1st Earl of Exeter, 2nd Baron Burghley | | | | | | Robert Cecil
1563–1612
1st Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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William Cecil
1566–1600
2nd Earl of Exeter, 3rd Baron Burghley | | Richard Cecil
1570–1633 | | Edward Cecil
1572–1638
1st Viscount Wimbledon and Baron Cecil of Putney | | | | | | | Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
1561–1626
1st Earl of Suffolk |
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| | | | David Cecil
c. 1600–1643
3rd Earl of Exeter, 4th Baron Burghley | | | | | | William Cecil
1591–1668
2nd Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Catherine
c. 1590–1673 |
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| | | | John Cecil
1628–1678
4th Earl of Exeter, 5th Baron Burghley | | | | | | Charles Cecil
1619–1660
styled Viscount Cranborne | | John Manners
1604–1679
8th Earl of Rutland |
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| | | | John Cecil
c. 1648–1700
5th Earl of Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Cecil
1648–1683
3rd Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Margaret
d. c. 1682 |
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| | | | John Cecil
1674–1721
6th Earl of Exeter, 7th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Cecil
1666–1694
4th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Thomas Tufton
1644–1729
6th Earl of Thanet |
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John Cecil
c. 1700–1722
7th Earl of Exeter, 8th Baron Burghley | | Brownlow Cecil
1701–1754
8th Earl of Exeter, 9th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Cecil
1691–1728
5th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Anne
1693–1757 |
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| | | | Brownlow Cecil
1725–1793
9th Earl of Exeter, 10th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Cecil
1713–1780
6th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Wills Hill
1718–1793
1st Marquess of Downshire |
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| | | | Marquess of Exeter (2nd creation), 1801 | | | | | | Marquess of Salisbury, 1789 | | | | | |
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| | | | Henry Cecil
1725–1793
1st Marquess of Exeter, 10th Earl of Exeter, 11th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Cecil
1743–1823
1st Marquess of Salisbury, 7th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Emily
1750–1835 |
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1795–1867
2nd Marquess of Exeter, 11th Earl of Exeter, 12th Baron Burghley | | | | | | James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil
1791–1868
2nd Marquess of Salisbury, 8th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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| | | | William Allen Cecil
1825–1895
3rd Marquess of Exeter, 12th Earl of Exeter, 13th Baron Burghley | | James Emilius William Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil
1821–1865
styled Viscount Cranborne | | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
1830–1903
3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 9th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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Brownlow Henry George Cecil
1849–1898
4th Marquess of Exeter, 13th Earl of Exeter, 14th Baron Burghley | | Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil
1857–1919
2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney | | William Cecil
1854–1943 | | James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil
1861–1947
4th Marquess of Salisbury, 10th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon | | Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
1864–1958
1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood |
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William Thomas Brownlow Cecil
1876–1956
5th Marquess of Exeter, 14th Earl of Exeter, 15th Baron Burghley | | | | | | William Amherst Cecil
1886–1914 | | Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil
1893–1972
5th Marquess of Salisbury, 11th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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David George Brownlow Cecil
1905–1981
6th Marquess of Exeter, 15th Earl of Exeter, 16th Baron Burghley | | William Martin Alleyne Cecil
1909–1988
7th Marquess of Exeter, 16th Earl of Exeter, 17th Baron Burghley | | William Alexander Evering Cecil
1912–1980
3rd Baron Amherst of Hackney | | Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil
1916–2003
6th Marquess of Salisbury, 12th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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| | | | William Michael Anthony Cecil
b. 1935
8th Marquess of Exeter, 17th Earl of Exeter, 18th Baron Burghley | | William Hugh Amherst Cecil
1940–2009
4th Baron Amherst of Hackney | | Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil
b. 1946
7th Marquess of Salisbury, 13th Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, and Baron Cecil of Essendon |
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b. 1970
styled Lord Burghley
Exeter heir apparent | | Hugh William Amherst Cecil
b. 1968
5th Baron Amherst of Hackney
2nd in line to Exeter | | Robert Edward "Ned" William Gascoyne-Cecil
b. 1970
styled Viscount Cranborne
Salisbury heir apparent | | James Richard Gascoyne-Cecil
b. 1976
2nd in line to Salisbury |
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