Margaret Cecil, Countess of Salisbury

rdf:langString Margaret Cecil, Countess of Salisbury

rdf:langString 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 . Three of Margaret's sisters, Frances, Elizabeth and Dorothy, became countesses. Another, , became a Viscountess. She married the future earl on 1 October 1661, seven years before he inherited his grandfather's earldom. Their children, several of whom died in infancy, were: * James Cecil, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1666-1694) * Hon Robert Cecil (c.1670-1716), MP, who married Elizabeth Hale, widow of Richard Hale, and had children * Hon William Cecil * Hon Charles Cecil * Hon George Cecil * Lady Catharine Cecil (died 1688), who married Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, and had children * Lady Frances Cecil (died 1698), who married , and had children * Lady Mary Cecil (d. 29 Mar 1739/40), who married Sir William Forester and had children * Lady Margaret Cecil (1672-1728), who married twice: her first husband was of Somerton; her second was Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh * Lady Mildred Cecil (died 1727), who married twice: her first husband was , of Leighton; her second was Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Baronet. She had children by both husbands.