Born about in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of James Cecil KG PC
and Margaret (Manners) Cecil
Sister of
James Cecil, Mary Margaret (Cecil) Forester, Mildred (Cecil) Hotham, Robert Cecil, Margaret Diana (Cecil) Jones and William Cecil
Wife of
George Downing Bt
— married
12 Jul 1683 in Kent, England
Mother of
George Downing KB
Died
at about age 25
in Cambridgeshire, England
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Biography
Daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury and Lady Margaret Manners. [1][2]
Katharine Cecil married George Downing on 12 Jul 1683 in Canterbury, Kent, England[3][1]
She died on 13 August 1688.[1] Birthdate: 1663 Birthplace: England
Death: August 13, 1688 England, United Kingdom
Father: James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury Mother: Margaret Manners
Spouse: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet of East Hatley married to Lady Catherine Cecil daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury- a great grandson of Robert Cecil 1st Earl of Salisbury and related to Thomas Cecil 1st Earl of Exeter; Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford and philosopher Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans
Children:
Isabel Edwards Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet
Sister of: James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury; Robert Cecil, Lord; Charles Cecil, Lord of Salisbury; George Cecil, Lord of Sulbury; Margaret Stawell; Frances Cecil, Lady; Mildred Hotham, Lady; William Cecil, Sir Mary Forester
- Fact: Also Known As Lady Catherine Cecil Downing Countess of Salisbury
- Fact: Burial (1688) Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Burkes Peerage, 2003 volume 3, page 3504
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #148267404
- ↑ HS, Marriage Licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1679-1694, vol 30 & 31; Author: G Armytage; Publication Date: 1890; Publication Place: Canterbury, Kent, England
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 December 2022, 16:09), entry for Lady Catherine Cecil, Countess of Salisbury (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G8H8-7VD ); contributed by various users.
- WikiTree profile Cecil-540 created through the import of Kenneth LeRoy Jordan Family Tr.ged on Jan 14, 2013 by Kenneth Jordan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kenneth and others.
- This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #57371799
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Sue (Gambie) Boutle
The daughter Elizabeth doesn't relate to this person. Mother was dead before she was born. Birth place is also suspect.
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Sondra (Arnold) Cassady
Cecil-540 and Cecil-1644 appear to represent the same person because: They appear to be the same.
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Jo Fitz-Henry
Cecil-540 and Cecil-1591 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge into the more accurate version Cecil-540. Husbands also have merges proposed.
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Robin Lee
Cecil-668 and Cecil-540 appear to represent the same person because: same husband and data
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