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Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon
1572Feb, 29

Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon

Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (d. 1638)
Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (29 February 1572 – 16 November 1638) was an English military commander and a politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1624.

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