‘We couldn’t just inherit the estate – we had to pass an aptitude test first’
When his father died in 1956, he became 6th Marquess of Exeter and inherited Burghley, which was built by William Cecil, 1st ...
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Thomas & William Cecil, Earls of Exeter
He was born in Cambridge on 5th May 1542, eldest son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and Mary (Cheke). He was educated by tutors, one of which was Gabriel Goodman, later Dean of Westminster. By ...
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Elizabeth Cecil
She married Sir William Cecil on 13th January 1589 but died in childbed on 1st May 1591 aged 16 and was buried in St Nicholas's chapel. Her husband later became Lord Burghley and 2nd Earl of Exeter ...
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He's spent that time in make-up being transformed into Elizabeth's Secretary of State, Lord Burghley – a transformation that takes so long because 40-year-old Ian is playing Cecil from the last ...