List of Famous people with last name Exeter

Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter

First Name Henry
Last Name Exeter
Born on November 30, 1497
Died on December 9, 1538 (aged 41)

Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Devon, KG, PC, feudal baron of Okehampton, feudal baron of Plympton, of Tiverton Castle, Okehampton Castle and Colcombe Castle all in Devon, was a grandson of King Edward IV, nephew of the queen consort, Elizabeth of York and a first cousin of King Henry VIII. Henry Courtenay was a close friend of Henry VIII's, having "been brought up of a child with his grace in his chamber."

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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

First Name Thomas
Last Name Exeter
Born on May 5, 1542
Died on February 8, 1623 (aged 80)

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG, known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier.

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Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter

First Name Elizabeth
Last Name Exeter
Died on November 24, 1425

Elizabeth of Lancaster was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his first wife Blanche of Lancaster. Elizabeth was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378.

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John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter

First Name John
Last Name Exeter
Born on January 1, 1649
Died on August 29, 1700 (aged 51)

John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, known as Lord Burghley until 1678, was a British peer and Member of Parliament. He was also known as the Travelling Earl.

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Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter

First Name Anne
Last Name Exeter
Born on August 10, 1439
Died on January 14, 1476 (aged 36)

Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, aka Anne Plantagenet, was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485) and their siblings Edmund, Earl of Rutland; Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk; Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy; and George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence.

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David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter

First Name David
Last Name Exeter
Born on February 9, 1905
Died on October 22, 1981 (aged 76)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG, styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. He won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter

First Name John
Last Name Exeter
Born on January 1, 1360
Died on January 16, 1400 (aged 40)

John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, KG, of Dartington Hall in Devon, was a half-brother of King Richard II (1377–1399), to whom he remained strongly loyal. He is primarily remembered for being suspected of assisting in the downfall of King Richard's uncle Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397) and then for conspiring against King Richard's first cousin and eventual deposer, Henry Bolingbroke, later King Henry IV (1399–1413).

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Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter

First Name Thomas
Last Name Exeter
Born on January 1, 1377
Died on December 31, 1426 (aged 49)

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter was an English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, and briefly Chancellor of England. He was the third of the four children born to John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford. To overcome their problematic parentage, his parents were married in 1396, and he and his siblings were legitimated on two separate occasions, in 1390 and again in 1397. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Neville of Hornby, Margaret Neville, who bore him one son, Henry Beaufort. However, the child died young.

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William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter

First Name William
Last Name Exeter
Born on April 30, 1825
Died on July 14, 1895 (aged 70)

William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter PC, styled Lord Burghley between 1825 and 1867, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He served as Treasurer of the Household between 1866 and 1867 and as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between 1867 and 1868.

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Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter

First Name Henry
Last Name Exeter
Born on March 14, 1754
Died on May 1, 1804 (aged 50)

Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter, known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as The Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790 and succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Exeter in 1793.

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