What is the origin of the name Cecil?
Welsh (Monmouthshire): from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt sometimes wrongly said to derive from the Latin name Caecilius (see Sisley). The most frequent modern spelling is a Renaissance attempt to connect [...]
Oxford and Cambridge: their colleges, memories, and associations
...Bacon. Its greatest statesman is William Cecil, Lord Burghley, who took the keenest interest in his college. The tendency of... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1861)
...Bacon. Its greatest statesman is William Cecil, Lord Burghley, who took the keenest interest in his college. The tendency of... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1861)
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Oxford and Cambridge: their colleges, memories, and associations
...To Queen's College itself came Richard Cecil, the most eloquent and persuasive of the great evangelical divines of that time.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1780)
...To Queen's College itself came Richard Cecil, the most eloquent and persuasive of the great evangelical divines of that time.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1780)
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Oxford and Cambridge: their colleges, memories, and associations
...colleague with his own son Robert Cecil. But, as the unfortunate Earl of Essex also recommended him, Burleigh's jealousy took... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1562)
...colleague with his own son Robert Cecil. But, as the unfortunate Earl of Essex also recommended him, Burleigh's jealousy took... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1562)
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Oxford and Cambridge: their colleges, memories, and associations
...Cecil, Richard, 144, Chekc, Sirjolui, 349.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1503)
...Cecil, Richard, 144, Chekc, Sirjolui, 349.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1503)
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Oxford and Cambridge: their colleges, memories, and associations
...Comber, Jones of Wayland, and Richard Cecil.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1765)
...Comber, Jones of Wayland, and Richard Cecil.... (Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - 1765)
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What is the origin of the name Cecil?
Welsh (Monmouthshire): from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt sometimes wrongly said to derive from the Latin name Caecilius (see Sisley). The most frequent modern spelling is a Renaissance attempt to connect [...]