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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([[location::The Strand" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.), in 1637, in manuscripts at Hatfield; books were also held in other family houses. The library now at Hatfield House (moved from London in the early 18th century) was largely formed initially by James' great-grandfather Robert Cecil and great-great-grandfather, William, and added to by the successive generations of the family. A number of manuscripts originally owned by Burghley, which descended to Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626-85) were auctioned in London, 21.11.1687.

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• The Marquis of Salisbury, The library at Hatfield House, The Library 5th ser 18 (1963), 83-87.