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John Cecil 4th Earl of Exeter (1628 – February 1678) styled Lord Burghley from 1640 to 1643 was an English peer.He inherited the earldom from his father David Cecil 3rd Earl of Exeter in 1643.He was joint Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire from 1660 to 1673; after 1673 he held the Lord Lieutenancy for East Northamptonshire while the Earl of Peterborough held the West.