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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier.
Burghley remains a family home, occupied by a direct descendant of the Lord Treasurer, who leads a team devoted to the preservation of the House, its contents and the surrounding Estate for the enjoyment and education of all. 1520-1598Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1648-1700John, 5th Earl of Exeter.
Arms of Sir Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG - Barry of ten argent and azure over all six escutcheons sable, three, two, and one, each charged with a lion rampant of the first. Career Cecil was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge , where he matriculated in 1558, being admitted to Gray's Inn in the same year.
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter. by Unknown artist oil on panel, early 17th century 22 in. x 17 1/4 in. (559 mm x 438 mm) Transferred from The British Museum, London, 1879
1st Earl of Exeter. Soldier and benefactor of Clare College, Cambridge. Husband of Dorothy Nevill.
When Sir Thomas Cecil was born on 5 May 1542, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Sir William Cecil, was 21 and his mother, Mary Cheke, was 17. He married Dorothy Neville on 27 November 1564, in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters.
Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image. Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter. by Robert Cooper, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen) stipple engraving, published 24 December 1825. NPG D36618.
