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Margaret Cecil, Countess of Salisbury

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Margaret Cecil, Countess of Salisbury, formerly Lady Margaret Manners (d. c.1682), was the wife of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.

Margaret was a daughter of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, and his wife formerly the Hon Frances Montagu. Three of Margaret's sisters, Frances, Elizabeth and Dorothy, became countesses. Another, Anne, became a Viscountess.

She married the future earl on 1 October 1661, seven years before he inherited his grandfather's earldom.[1]

Their children, several of whom died in infancy, were:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Salisbury, Earl of (E, 1605)". Cracrofts Peerage. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Page 3504
  3. ^ Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literature, and Records of the Beau-monde. J. Bell. 1828. pp. 139–.
  4. ^ Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Edward Cave. 1828. pp. 82–.
  5. ^ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 225.