John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter

John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter (15 May 1674 – 24 December 1721), known as Lord Burleigh from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.

He sat as Member of Parliament for Rutland from 1695 to 1700, when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.

He died on Christmas Eve in December 1721, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son from his second marriage, John.

The 6th Earl also had a third son, named William, who was educated with his brother Brownlow 'at St. John's College, Cambridge, and gave great hopes that he would maintain the lustre of the family; "but died too early, to the concern of all who had the happiness of his acquaintance, July 19, 1717.

Charles Cecil, fifth son of John, sixth earl of Exeter, died young and unmarried, in 1726'.