Marquesses of Exeter

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The Marquesses of Exeter are a prominent English noble family historically associated with high-ranking court offices and significant political influence.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Earls of Exeter 1
Marquesses of Exeter canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English noble title ⓘ
marquessate in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith Exeter ⓘ
coatOfArms Arms of Cecil family ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
familyName Cecil ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Burghley Horse Trials (through Burghley estate and family) ⓘ
hasEstate Burghley House, near Stamford, Lincolnshire ⓘ
linked to: Burghley House
hasFamilySeat Burghley House ⓘ
hasRoleInHistory British parliamentary politics ⓘ
English court politics ⓘ
hasSubsidiaryTitle Baron Burghley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Burghley

Earl of Exeter ⓘ
hasTitle Marquess of Exeter ⓘ
hasTraditionalInfluenceArea Lincolnshire ⓘ
Northamptonshire ⓘ
Rutland ⓘ
historicallyHeldOffice Lord High Treasurer of England ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Rutland ⓘ
Secretary of State to Elizabeth I ⓘ
knownFor ownership of Burghley House ⓘ
political influence in Tudor and later periods ⓘ
service in high court offices ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nobleFamily Cecil family ⓘ
notableMember Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter ⓘ
Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter ⓘ
David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ⓘ
Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter ⓘ
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Burghley
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment Conservative Party (historically, various members) ⓘ
precedenceOver earl (in British peerage hierarchy) ⓘ
region England ⓘ
religion Church of England (traditional family affiliation) ⓘ
linked to: Church of England
socialStatus high-ranking aristocracy ⓘ
succeededBy heirs male of the body of the first marquess ⓘ
titleRank marquess ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Great Chamberlain → historicalHolder → Marquesses of Exeter ⓘ
Cecil family → hasDynasticBranch → Earls of Exeter ⓘ
linked to: Marquesses of Exeter