Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, Knighted in 1601, English soldier and commander in the Dutch service, Member of Parliament, Lord Marshal and commander in the Cadiz expedition of 1625, Baron Cecil of Putney from 1625, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey from 1627, Privy Councillor from 1628, Governor of Portsmouth., Member of Parliament for Aldborough, Stamford, Chichester and Dover, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, Keeper of Mortlake Park, Treasurer to the Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, Joint Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Privy Councillor, Governor and Captain of Portsmouth, Viscount Wimbledon from 1626., Military commander in Dutch and English service, Baron Cecil of Putney and 1st Viscount Wimbledon, created 1625., Lady Wimbledon by marriage, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon from 1625, senior English commander in the Dutch service and commander of the 1625 Cádiz expedition., colonel in the Dutch States' service, commander of the 1625 Cádiz expedition, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey from 1626/27, Governor and Captain of Portsmouth from 1630, created Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon by letters patent dated 9 November 1625., First Baron Cecil of Putney and first Viscount Wimbledon, military commander, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Governor of Portsmouth., MP, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and peer of England.
Dates: 29 February 1572–16 November 1638
Biography
Edward Cecil was the third son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, and Dorothy Nevill, making him a grandson of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. He served for many years in the Netherlands and held commands in English military expeditions under Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I. His elevation to the peerage was connected with his command of the 1625 expedition against Spain and with his residence and landed association at Wimbledon and Putney. The Wimbledon and Putney titles became extinct on his death because he left no surviving male heir.
Notes / Sources
Surrey County Council, Surrey Coats of Arms, entry for Baron Cecil of Putney and Viscount Wimbledon — https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/36438/Surrey-Coats-of-Arms-A-H.pdf
Cracroft's Peerage, Wimbledon, Viscount (E, 1625–1638) — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/wimbledon1625.htm
St Mary's Church Wimbledon, church history — https://www.stmaryswimbledon.org/churchhistory
The Complete Peerage, page for Cecil of Putney — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3AThe_Complete_Peerage_Ed_2_Vol_3.djvu/145
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney
Father: Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and 2nd Baron Burghley
Mother: Dorothy Nevill, daughter of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer
Spouse(s): Theodosia Noel, daughter of Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Mabel Harington, married 10 July 1601; Diana Drury, daughter of Sir William Drury of Hawstead and Elizabeth Stafford, married 27 February 1616/17; Sophia Zouche, daughter of Sir Edward Zouche of Woking, married September 1635
Children / next generation: Dorothy Cecil, died unmarried in France in 1652; Albinia Cecil, married Sir Christopher Wray of Ashby; Elizabeth Cecil, married Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham; Frances Cecil, married James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, and secondly Joshua Sprigge; Utriche Cecil, baptised at Utrecht in 1616 and apparently died young; Anne Cecil, daughter of Diana Drury, died in infancy in 1618; Algernon Cecil, son of Sophia Zouche, died in infancy
Armorial Registry
Noel–Cecil of Wimbledon — Theodosia Noel and the first-marriage maternal branch of Edward Cecil
Branch: Noel of Dalby and Brooke through Theodosia Noel
Issued / recorded: 10 July 1601
Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
Branch: Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney
Issued / recorded: 1571
Cecil of Wimbledon — Edward Cecil's memorial and chapel achievement at St Mary's, Wimbledon
Branch: Wimbledon and Putney
Issued / recorded: 1620
Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, full personal achievement under the 1625 peerage grant
Branch: Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney; third-son branch of the Exeter Cecils
Issued / recorded: 1625
Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon and Baron Cecil of Putney
Branch: Wimbledon and Putney, third-son branch of the Exeter Cecils
Issued / recorded: 1625-11-09
Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, illustrated viscountial achievement and direct portrait-armorial evidence
Branch: Wimbledon and Putney, third-son branch of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
Issued / recorded: 1625-11-09
Cecil of Wimbledon and Putney — Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, 1625 patent and titled achievement
Branch: Third-son branch of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter; territorial Wimbledon and Putney branch
Issued / recorded: 9 November 1625
Cecil of Wimbledon — Edward Cecil's surviving chapel, monument and armorial glass evidence
Branch: Wimbledon territorial branch established by Edward Cecil at St Mary's Church, Wimbledon
Issued / recorded: Late 1620s
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