Person:James Cecil (9)

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James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury
b.1666
d.1694
m. 1 Oct 1661
  1. Katherine Cecil1663 - 1688
  2. James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury1666 - 1694
  3. Robert Cecil1670 - 1716
  4. Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh1672 - 1728
  • HJames Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury1666 - 1694
  • W.  Frances Bennett (add)
  1. James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury1691 - 1728
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Name James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1666
Marriage to Frances Bennett (add)
Death[2] 1694
Reference Number[1] Q3806493?


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James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1666–1694), until 1683 known by the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer.

A courtier of King James II, during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 he commanded a regiment in support of the king. Afterwards he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for some twenty-two months, eventually being charged with high treason. Although released in October 1690 following a general pardon, he died in 1694 at the age of twenty-eight.

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References
  1. James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2. 2.0 2.1 James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.