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Families covered: Cecil of Salisbury

                               
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (b 01.06.1563, d 24.05.1612)
m. (31.08.1589) Elizabeth Brooke (d 24.01.1596-7, dau of William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham)
1. William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b 28.03.1591, d 03.12.1668)
  m. (01.12.1608) Catharine Howard (bur 27.01.1672-3, dau of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk)
  A. James Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (bpt 15.06.1616, d 10.1616)
  B. Charles Cecil, Viscount Cranborne (b 1619, dvp 09.1659)
  m. (02.04.1639) Diana Maxwell (d after 03.05.1675, dau of James Maxwell, Earl of Dirleton)
i. Robert Cecil (bur unm 05.12.1660)
  ii. James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (b 1648, d 06.1683)
  m. Margaret Manners (d 30.08.1682, dau of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland)
  a. James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury (bpt 25.09.1666, d 24.10.1694)
  m. (13.07.1683) Frances Bennet (d 07/8.07.1713, dau of Simon Bennet of Beechampton)
  (1) James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury (b 08.06.1691, d 09.10.1728)
  m. (12.02.1708-9) Anne Tufton (d 22.03.1757, dau of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet)
(A) James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury (b 20.10.1713, d 19.09.1780)
  m. (03.1744-5) Elizabeth Keet (d 03.02.1776, dau of Edward Keet of Canterbury)
  (i) James Cecil, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (b 04.09.1748, d 13.06.1823)
  m. (02.12.1773) Emily Mary Hill (b 16.08.1750, d 27.11.1835, dau of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire)
  (a) James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (b 17.04.1791, d 12.04.1868)
  m1. (02.02.1821) Frances Mary Gascoyne (d 15.10.1839, dau of Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall Hall)
  ((1)) James Emilius William Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranbourne (b 29.10.1821, d unm 14.06.1865)
  ((2)) Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil (b 19.12.1823, d 25.04.1825)
  ((3)) Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (b 03.02.1830, d 22.08.1903, Prime Minister) had issue§E
  m. (11.07.1857) Georgiana Alderson (d 20.11.1899, dau of Sir Edward Hall Alderson)
  ((4)) Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil of Lytchett Heath (b 24.04.1834, d 03.07.1921) had issue
  m. (18.09.1860) Gertrude Louisa Scott (d 30.04.1919, dau of John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon)
  ((5)) Mildred Arabella Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil (d 18.03.1881)
  m. (07.07.1842) Alexander James Beresford-Hope (d 03.09.1887)
  ((6)) Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil (d 16.05.1872)
  m. (15.08.1843) James Maitland Balfour of Whittinghame (d 23.02.1856)
  m2. (29.04.1847) Mary Catherine Sackville-West (d 06.12.1900, dau of George John Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr)
  ((7)) Sackville Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil (b 16.03.1848, d 29.01.1898)
  ((8)) Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil (b 03.07.1851, d 16.07.1913) had issue
m1. (08.01.1874) Elizabeth Ann Wilson (d 11.10.1901, dau of Joseph Wilson of Woodhorn Manor)
  m2. (04.11.1902, sp) Frederica von Klenck (dau of Baron Otto von Klenck of Gmunden)
  ((9)) Lionel Gascoyne-Cecil (b 21.03.1853, d unm 13.01.1901, Major)
  ((10)) Mary Arabella Arthur Gascoyne-Cecil (d 18.08.1903)
  m. (25.01.1872) Alan Plantagenet Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway (b 21.10.1835, dsp 07.02.1901)
  ((11)) Margaret Elizabeth Gascoyne-Cecil (d 11.03.1919)
  (b) Georgiana Charlotte Augusta Cecil (d 18.01.1860)
  m. (27.02.1816) Henry Wellesley, 1st Lord Cowley (d 27.04.1847)
(c) Emily Cecil (b 14.07.1789, d 21.01.1858)
  m. (29.05.1812) George Nugent, Marquess of Westmeath (d 05.05.1871)
  (d) Caroline Cecil (d young)
  (ii)+ other issue (d unm) - Anne (b 03.1745-6, d 12.06.1813), Bennet (b 06.1747, d 18.11.1769)
  (B) Anne Cecil (d 03.07.1752)
  m. William Strode of Ponsbourne Hall
  (C) Catharine Cecil (b 06.08.1719, d 16.08.1752)
  m. (15.02.1736-7) John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont (b 24.02.1710/1, d 20.12.1770)
(D)+ other issue - Thomas (bur 04.08.1715), William (d 05.1740), Bennet (d 1721), Margaret (d unm 28.03.1752)
  b. Robert Cecil (d 02.1715-6)
  m. Elizabeth Meynell (dau of Isaac Maynell of Maynell Langley)
  (1) Charles Cecil, Bishop of Bangor
  (2) Margaret Cecil
  m. Sir Robert Brown
c. Catharine Cecil (d 13.08.1688)
  m. (12.07.1683) Sir George Downing, 2nd Bart
  d. Frances Cecil (d 1698)
  m. (1692) Sir William Halford, 1st Bart of Welham (d 01.03.1708-9)
  e. Mary Cecil (d 29.03.1739-40)
  m. Sir William Forester of Dothill and Watling Street
  f. Margaret Cecil (bpt 18.04.1672, d 21.02.1727-8)
  m1. (1691) John, 2nd Lord Stawel (d 11.1692)
  m2. (09.01.1695-6, sp) Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh (d 10.01.1711-2)
g. Mildred Cecil (b c1675, d 18.01.1726-7)
  m1. (14.08.1693) Sir Uvedale Corbet, 3rd Bart of Leighton (b c1668, d 15.10.1701)
  m2. Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Bart (d 08.01.1722-3)
  h.+ other issue - William, Charles, George
  iii. Catherine Cecil (d before 24.11.1683)
  m. William Hay, 4th Earl of Kinnoull (d 28.03.1677)
  iv. Frances Cecil (d 15.06.1723)
  m. (24.12.1679) Sir William Bowyer, 2nd Bart (b 1639, d 13.02.1721-2)
  v.+ other issue (d unm) - Charles, William, Edward, Henry, Edward, Henry, Cecil, Diana, Penelope (d young), Elizabeth (d young)
  C. Robert Cecil
  m. Catherine Hopton
  D. Philip Cecil
  m. Ursula Allen
  E. William Cecil
  m. Elizabeth Lawley (dau of Sir Thomas Lawley, 1st Bart)
F. Algernon Cecil (d 11.1676, MP)
  m. Dorothy Nevile (dau of Sandford Nevile of Chevet)
  i. Diana Cecil
  m. John Turnor (d 1719, father of Edmund of Stoke Rochford)
  G. Edward Cecil
  H. Anne Cecil (b 1612, d 06.12.1637)
  m. (before 1630) Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (b 13.10.1602, d 13.10.1668)
  I. Elizabeth Cecil (d 19.11.1689)
  m. (04.03.1638-9) William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire (b 10.10.1617, 23.11.1684)
  J. Diana Cecil (b 1622, d 1633)
  K. Catherine Cecil (d 18.08.1652)
  m. (09.04.1645) Philip Sydney, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b 10.01.1618/9, d 06.03.1697/8)
  L. Mary Cecil
  m. William, 6th Lord Sandys de Vyne (dsp 1668)
2. Frances Cecil (d 14.02.1643-4)
  m. Henry de Clifford, 5th Earl of Cumberland (d 11.12.1643)
3. Catherine Cecil

Main source(s): BP1934 (Salisbury)
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