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==Personal life== [[File:-Sir Julius Caesar's travelling library, individual parchment covered books and container, made to resemble a leather bound book. A restricted item.- - Lower cover (c20f15-58).jpg|thumb|A book from Sir Julius Caesar's [[traveling library|travelling library]], now in the British Library]] Caesar married three times. He married firstly Dorcas Lusher (1561 β 16 June 1595){{failed verification|date=April 2019}}, widow of Richard Lusher of the [[Middle Temple]] and daughter of Sir [[Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)|Richard Martin]], [[master of the mint]] and later [[Lord Mayor of London]], with whom he had four sons and a daughter.<ref name="DNB" /> He married secondly, on 10 April 1596, Alice Dent (June 1569 β 23 May 1614), widow of John Dent, Alderman of London, and daughter of Christopher Grant of [[Manchester]], Lancashire, with whom he had three more sons. A portrait of Alice when pregnant dated 1597 gives her age as 31.<ref>Jane Ashelford, ''Dress in the Age of Elizabeth'' (London, 1988), pp. 36-38.</ref> He married thirdly Anne Hogan, widow of Henry Hogan and William Hungate, both of [[East Bradenham]], Norfolk, and daughter of [[Henry Woodhouse (MP)|Henry Woodhouse]] of [[Waxham]], Norfolk on 19 April 1615.<ref name=HOP/> His third wife Anne was a granddaughter of [[Nicholas Bacon (courtier)|Nicholas Bacon]].<ref>John Maclean, ''Letters from George Lord Carew to Sir Thomas Roe'' (Camden Society, London, 1860), p. 11.</ref> [[Francis Bacon]], his wife's uncle, died in his arms. His son, also named Julius Caesar (14 February 1587 β 8 January 1607), was sent to study at the [[University of Padua]]. He was wounded while fencing with Antonio Brochetta and sought revenge. He lay in wait for him with a pistol, but his shot missed. He then fell while attempting to draw his sword and was set upon by Brochetta{{clarify|reason=Who is this|date=April 2019}} who ran him through and killed him. His son Sir [[Charles Caesar]] (27 January 1590 β 6 December 1642) was a member of Parliament, as well as Master of the Rolls from 1639 to 1642, which he purchased for Β£15,000 and a Β£2,000 loan.<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Caesar, Charles |first=James McMullen |last=Rigg |volume=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/caesar-sir-charles-1590-1642 |chapter=CAESAR, Sir Charles (1590-1642), of Benington, Herts. |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 |editor1-first=Andrew |editor1-last=Thrush |editor2-first=John P. |editor2-last=Ferris |year=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> His son Sir John Caesar (20 October 1597 β 23 May 1647) of Hyde Hall, [[Hertfordshire]], a country gentleman, was knighted in Scotland on 20 June 1617.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} His son Thomas Caesar D.D. (17 March 1601 β 1633) was [[rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of [[Llanrhuddlad]] [[Anglesey]], [[Wales]] of whom a memorial graces the chancel of [[Beaumaris]] parish church, Anglesey.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} His son [[Robert Caesar]] (9 October 1602 β 27 October 1637) was one of the [[Six Clerks]] of [[Court of Chancery]] and a member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/caesar-robert-1602-1637 |chapter=CAESAR, Robert (1602-1637), of The Strand, Westminster and the Inner Temple, London |title=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 |editor1-first=Andrew |editor1-last=Thrush |editor2-first=John P. |editor2-last=Ferris |year=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref>
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