Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (baptized July 15, 1619 - December 1660 ) was an English nobleman and politician.

Life

Cecil was the second son of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury , and Lady Catherine Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk . Since his older brother James had died as an infant in 1616, Charles apparently carried the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne as his father's marriage since birth .

On February 1, 1626, as part of the celebrations for the coronation of King Charles I, he was made Knight of the Bath . He was at St John's College of Cambridge University trained.

In April 1640 he was appointed Burgess for Hertford in the House of Commons and took part in the Short Parliament . In November 1640 he was re-elected to the Long Parliament . From 1640 to 1642 he was Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire . During the English Civil War he was on the side of the Parlamentarians in command of the Hertfordshire Volunteer Regiment and took on various public administrative duties.

He died in December 1660 at the age of 41.

Marriage and offspring

On April 2, 1639 he married Lady Diana Maxwell (around 1619–1675), second daughter and partial heir of James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun . With her he had a son and two daughters:

• James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1646-1683);
• Hon. Catherine Cecil († 1683) ⚭ William Hay , 4th Earl of Kinnoull ;
• Hon. Frances Cecil († 1723) ⚭ Sir William Bowyer, 2nd Baronet .

Since his father survived him, it was not he, but his son James who inherited his title of nobility as 3rd Earl of Salisbury in 1668 .

Web links

• Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne on thepeerage.com
• Salisbury, Earl of (E, 1605) at Cracroft's Peerage

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 160 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
2. ^ Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne . 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 ).
3. ↑ James Balfour Paul: Maxwell, Earl of Dirletoun . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 3 : Crawford – Falklands . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1906, p. 130–131 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).