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William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter

English politician and Earl · Politicians · Lived 1566 to 1640 · aged 74

William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter, known as the third Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English nobleman, politician, and peer.

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