Margaret Cecil, Countess of Salisbury, formerly Lady Margaret Manners (d. c.1682), was the wife of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
Margaret was a daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, and his wife formerly the Hon Frances Montagu. Three of Margaret's sisters, Frances, Elizabeth and Dorothy, became countesses. Another, Anne, became a Viscountess.
She married the future earl on 1 October 1661, seven years before he inherited his grandfather's earldom.[1]
Their children, several of whom died in infancy, were:[2]
- James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1666-1694)
- Hon Robert Cecil (c.1670-1716), MP, who married Elizabeth Hale, widow of Richard Hale, and had children
- Hon William Cecil
- Hon Charles Cecil
- Hon George Cecil
- Lady Catharine Cecil (died 1688), who married Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, and had children
- Lady Frances Cecil (died 1698), who married Sir William Halford, 1st Baronet, of Welham, and had children
- Lady Mary Cecil (d. 29 Mar 1739/40), who married Sir William Forester and had children[3][4]
- Lady Margaret Cecil (1672-1728),[5] who married twice: her first husband was John Stawel, 2nd Baron Stawel of Somerton; her second was Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh
- Lady Mildred Cecil (died 1727), who married twice: her first husband was Sir Uvedale Corbet, 3rd Baronet, of Leighton; her second was Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Baronet. She had children by both husbands.
References edit
- ^ "Salisbury, Earl of (E, 1605)". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3504
- ^ Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde. J. Bell. 1828. pp. 139–.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edward Cave. 1828. pp. 82–.
- ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 225.