Viscount Wimbledon

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Viscount Wimbledon, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 9 November 1625 for Sir Edward Cecil, a naval and army commander. He was made Baron Cecil of Putney at the same time. Cecil was the third son of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter and the nephew of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. Both titles became extinct on his death in 1638.

[edit] Viscounts Wimbledon (1625)

• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572-1638)

[edit] See also

• Marquess of Exeter
• Marquess of Salisbury
• Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
• Baron Quickswood
• Baron Rockley
• Baron Amherst of Hackney

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.