Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Richard Cecil

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• • 11th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 14th Generation
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  • 13574 
  • Father:
  • David Cecil 
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  • Alice Dicons   
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  • 19 Mar 1553 
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  • Jane Heckington
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  William Cecil

  Margaret Cecil

  Elizabeth Cecil (Ahnentafel No:6787 )

• Sources for Richard Cecil

  • ¹ Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 2nd Ed., Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1891), 160.
  • ² Dennis, G. Ravenscroft, The Cecil Family, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (1914), 10-14.
  • ³ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. V, p. 383.
  • ⁴ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 23.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Richard Cecil (courtier)", (accessed 08/29/2014).

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