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Elizabeth, of whom he wrote that he " hopes he may find his faith and zeal in her service rewarded with the gracious look that makes the devils forget Hell, and the angels Heaven." l Elizabeth married William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, and dying in 1689, was buried in Henry VII. 's Chapel in Westminster Abbey. Their daughter, Anne, married the fifth Earl of Exeter (see p. 133), and their son was the first Duke of Devonshire. A third sister, Catherine, married Philip Sidney, afterwards third Earl of Leicester.

The second Earl of Salisbury was succeeded by his grandson, James, 2 son of Charles, Lord Cranborne. Born in 1648, he travelled in France with his brother, Robert ; finished his education at St. John's College, Cambridge ; served on board the Royal Charles against the Dutch at the age of eighteen ; and, in 1668, was member of Parliament for Hertfordshire. In the same year he succeeded to the peerage. A contem- porary at Cambridge recorded his conviction that " he was for loyalty, generosity and affa- bility, most likely to advance the ancient and noble name of Cecil to the utmost period of glory," 3 but this sanguine expectation was disappointed, for the third Earl did little to distinguish himself. A staunch supporter of Buckingham and Shaftesbury, he was sent to

1 Conway to Garrard, May aoth, 1640 (Cal. S. P. Dom.). 8 From this time onwards the eldest son has always borne the name of James.

8 Barnes, Hist, of Edward III., p. 75, quoted by Collins.

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