David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter (c. 1600–1643) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords

House of Lords

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Life

David Cecil was the son of Sir Richard Cecil

Richard Cecil (died 1633)

Sir Richard Cecil was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622....

 of Wakerley

Wakerley

Wakerley is a linear village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire.Forming part of the district of East Northamptonshire, Wakerley is close to, and south of, the River Welland that forms the boundary with Rutland; its nearest neighbour, Barrowden, is in that county and...

, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge

Clare College, Cambridge

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, and admitted at Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1627. In 1640, he sat for Peterborough

Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the Short Parliament

Short Parliament

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. He inherited the earldom in July 1640 from his uncle William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter PC KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English peer.-Life:...

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He married Elizabeth Egerton (d. 1688), daughter of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater KB, PC was an English peer and politician.The son of the Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, he was a Member of Parliament for Callington from 1597 to 1598, and for Shropshire in 1601. Knighted on 8 April 1599, he was Baron of the...

. Their daughter, Lady Frances Cecil (1633–1652), married Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles...

. He was succeeded by his son John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 4th Earl of Exeter was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Lord Burghley from 1640 to 1643.He inherited the earldom from his father David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter in 1643....

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