James Cecil d.1683

James CECIL, 3rd Earl of Salisbury d.1683

Biographical Note

Son of Charles Cecil, styled Viscount Cranborne (bap. 1619, d. 1660), and his wife, Lady Diana Maxwell (c.1623–1675).

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Sources

• British Armorial Bindings.
• Alston, R. C. Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800. St Philip, 2010.
• Beadle, R. Medieval English manuscripts at auction, 1676-c.1700, The Book Collector 53 (2004), 46-63.
• Cecil, D. The Cecils of Hatfield House, London, 1973.
• Hoare, P. (gen.ed.), The Cambridge history of libraries in Britain and Ireland. 3 vols. Cambridge, 2006, I 501, 510-13.
• Jayne, S. Library catalogues of the English renaissance. Godalming, 1983, 168.
• Stater, Victor. "Cecil, James, third earl of Salisbury (d. 1683), politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
• The Marquis of Salisbury, The library at Hatfield House, The Library 5th ser 18 (1963), 83-87.