Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter ( September 21, 1725 - December 26, 1793 ) was a British peer and politician.
Life
He was the elder son of Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter , and Hannah Sophia Chambers. He was educated at Winchester College and St John's College, Cambridge .
In 1747 he was elected Knight of the Shire for Rutland in the House of Commons . He resigned from the House of Commons in 1754 when he inherited his father's title as Earl of Exeter and Baron Burghley on the death of his father and thus received a seat in the House of Lords . He was also Lord Lieutenant of Rutland.
Between 1755 and 1779 he employed the landscape architect Lancelot "Capability" Brown to have his estate Burghley House designed.
Cecil married twice, Letitia Townshend in 1749 and Anne Maria Cheatham in 1770, but remained childless. When he died in 1793, he was inherited by his nephew Henry Cecil , who was made Marquess of Exeter in 1801 .
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. 10 volumes, 1922-1958. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk ).
- ↑ The Deer Park . In: Burghley . Retrieved June 3, 2019.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Brownlow Cecil |
Earl of Exeter 1754-1793 |
Henry Cecil |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cecil, Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British peer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1725 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1793 |