William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter
- William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter KG (1566 – 6 July 1640), known as Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English peer.
Exeter was the son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and Dorothy Nevill, daughter of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latymer.
In 1589, William married Elizabeth Manners, the only child of the 3rd Earl of Rutland and they had one child, William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros.
Elizabeth died in 1591 and William married Elizabeth Drury and they had three children:
*Lady Anne Cecil married the 1st Earl of Stamford and had issue.
*Lady Elizabeth Cecil (d. 1672), married the 1st Earl of Berkshire and had issue.
*Lady Diana Cecil (d. 1658), married the 18th Earl of Oxford, no issue.
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