Biography of Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 1649-1704
Paternal Family Tree: Cavendish
Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk 1536-1567
On 20 Jun 1628 [her grandfather] William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire (age 38) died at Devonshire House. He was buried at Derby Cathedral [Map]. His son [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 10) succeeded 3rd Earl Devonshire, 3rd Baron Cavendish Hardwick.
On 04 Mar 1639 [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 21) and [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Devonshire. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury (age 47) and [her grandmother] Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury. He the son of [her grandfather] William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire and [her grandmother] Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire.
Around 1649 Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter was born to William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 31) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 30) at Latimer, Buckinghamshire.
In 1662 Charles Rich and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 13) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 44) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 43). He the son of Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland and Isabel Cope Countess Holland.
In 1664 [her husband] Charles Rich died.
On 02 May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 22) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 21) were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 52) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 51). He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter (age 42) and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed.
On 24 Aug 1673 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick (age 58) died. His first cousin [her former brother-in-law] Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland (age 54) succeeded 5th Earl Warwick, 7th Baron Rich of Leez. Anne Montagu Countess Warwick and Holland by marriage Countess Warwick.
On 15 May 1674 [her son] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter was born to [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 26) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 25).
On 16 Apr 1675 [her former brother-in-law] Robert Rich 5th Earl Warwick 2nd Earl Holland (age 56) died. His son Edward Rich 6th Earl Warwick 3rd Earl Holland (age 2) succeeded 6th Earl Warwick, 3rd Earl Holland, 8th Baron Rich of Leez.
In Feb 1678 [her father-in-law] John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter (age 50) died. His son [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 30) succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 29) by marriage Countess Exeter.
On 23 Nov 1684 [her father] William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 67) died at his house in Roehampton, Surrey. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son [her brother] William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 44) succeeded 4th Earl Devonshire, 4th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 38) by marriage Countess Devonshire.
In 1689 [her mother] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 70) died.
On 24 Sep 1691 [her daughter] Elizabeth Cecil Countess Cork was born to [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 43) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 42).
In 1697 [her son] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter (age 22) and [her daughter-in-law] Anabella Grey were married. She the daughter of Ford Grey 1st Earl Tankerville (age 41) and Mary Berkeley Countess Tankerville. He the son of [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 49) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 48).
In 1699 [her son] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 18) were married. He the son of [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 51) and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 50).
On 29 Aug 1700 [her husband] John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter (age 52) died. His son [her son] John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter (age 26) succeeded 6th Earl Exeter, 7th Baron Burghley. [her daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter (age 19) by marriage Countess Exeter.
He was buried at St Martin's Church, Stamford [Map]. Monument to John Cecil and his wife Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 51) sculpted by the French sculptor Pierre Etienne Monnot (age 43) who was working in Rome. Neo-classical statuary group. One of the finest tombs of its day in the country, displaying strong antique tendencies as befits its Roman creation.
John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter: Around 1648 he was born to John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. On 02 May 1670 John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter were married. She the daughter of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire. He the son of John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter and Frances Manners Countess Exeter. They were half third cousin once removed. In Feb 1678 John Cecil 4th Earl Exeter died. His son John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter succeeded 5th Earl Exeter, 6th Baron Burghley. Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter by marriage Countess Exeter.
Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter: In 1681 she was born to John Brownlow 3rd Baronet and Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow. In 1699 John Cecil 6th Earl Exeter and she were married. He the son of John Cecil 5th Earl Exeter and Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter. In 1710 Margaret Brownlow died of smallpox. Her estate of £40,000 was divided between her four sisters: Jane Brownlow Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven, Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter, Alicia Brownlow Baroness Guildford and Eleanor Brownlow Viscountess Tyconnel. In 1723 Elizabeth Brownlow Countess Exeter died.
In 1704 Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter (age 55) died.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cavendish 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Scudamore 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cavendish 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Carrington Smith
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Smith
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cavendish 1st Earl Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harwick
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hardwick 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pinchbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bess of Hardwick Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leeke of Hasland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leeke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Vaux 
GrandFather: William Cavendish 2nd Earl Devonshire 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Keighley
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Keighley
Father: William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Bruce
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss
GrandMother: Christian Bruce Countess Devonshire
Anne Cavendish Countess Exeter 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Cecil
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Cecil
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Dicons
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Heckington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jane Heckington
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cooke of Gidea Hall
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Cooke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Saunders
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mildred Cooke Baroness Burghley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fitzwilliam 
9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Fitzwilliam 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
GrandFather: William Cecil 2nd Earl Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Brooke 8th Baron Cobham 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Heydon Baroness Cobham
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brooke 10th Baron Cobham 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Braye 1st Baron Braye 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Halwell Baroness Bray 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Newton Baroness Cobham 
Mother: Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Howard 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Duchess Norfolk 
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford 
5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Frances Vere Countess of Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Trussell Countess of Oxford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Audley 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Duchess Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Grey Baroness Audley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset 
GrandMother: Catherine Howard Countess Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland 
6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre Gilsland 7th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greystoke 6th Baroness Greystoke Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 
4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Dacre 4th Baron Dacre Gilsland 8th Baron Greystoke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 
3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Talbot Baroness Dacre of Gilsland 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford 
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Dacre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Leybourne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Pennington
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Leybourne Duchess Norfolk