Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter (4 August 1701 – 3 November 1754), known as the Honourable Brownlow Cecil from 1701 to 1722, was a British

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 peer

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 and Member of Parliament

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Life

Exeter was the second son of John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter

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, and Elizabeth Brownlow. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge

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. He briefly represented Stamford

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 in the House of Commons

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 in 1722, before he succeeded his elder brother in the earldom and entered the House of Lords

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. Lord Exeter married Hannah Sophia Chambers, daughter of Thomas Chambers, in 1724. He died in November 1754, aged 53, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Brownlow

Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter

Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...

. Lady Exeter died in 1765.