Lord Burghley

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Lord Burghley was the principal statesman and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I of England, renowned for shaping Elizabethan domestic and foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
Lord High Treasurer of England
Privy Councillor
chief minister
nobleman
politician
advisorTo Elizabeth I of England
alternateName William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
linked to: Lord Burghley
associatedWithEvent Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Northern Rebellion (1569)
birthDate 1520-09-13
birthPlace Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
burialPlace St Martin’s Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire
child Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
createdPeer 1571
deathDate 1598-08-04
deathPlace London, England
educatedAt Gray’s Inn
linked to: Gray's Inn

St John’s College, Cambridge
honorificTitle 1st Baron Burghley
linked to: Lord Burghley
influenced Elizabethan religious settlement
English policy towards Spain
English policy towards the Netherlands
suppression of Catholic plots in England
knownFor administrative and financial reforms
long service as chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
shaping Elizabethan domestic policy
shaping Elizabethan foreign policy
support of Protestant settlement in England
memberOf Privy Council of England
linked to: Privy Council
monarchServed Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
Mary I of England
name William Cecil
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nobleTitle Baron Burghley
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positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Chancellor of the University of Dublin
Lord High Treasurer of England
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries
Secretary of State for England
religion Protestantism
residence Burghley House, near Stamford
linked to: Burghley House

The Strand, London
signature William Cecil, Lord Burghley signature
spouse Mary Cheke
Mildred Cooke
linked to: Mildred Cooke Cecil

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Lord Burghley name Lord Burghley
Elizabeth I (miniseries) character William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Theobalds House builtFor William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Theobalds House notableResident William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Gray's Inn hasNotableAlumnus William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Elizabethan religious settlement promotedBy William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Elizabeth Cecil relative William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter father William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Tudor court notableFigure William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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The Virgin Queen portraysHistoricalFigure William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Lord Burghley name William Cecil
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Lord Burghley honorificTitle 1st Baron Burghley
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Lord Burghley nobleTitle Baron Burghley
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Lord Burghley alternateName William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Sir Francis Walsingham workedUnder William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Council of Regency for Edward VI hasMember William Cecil
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Elizabethan succession intrigues hasParticipant William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Ridolfi Plot discoveredBy William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Tudor England notableFigure William Cecil, Lord Burghley
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Laurence Nowell employer William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Cecil family notableMember William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Cecil family associatedTitle Baron Burghley
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Cecil family of Burghley and Exeter notableMember William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury father William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Court of Elizabeth I notableCourtier William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Burghley House builder William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Burghley House originalOwner William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Gascoyne-Cecil family notableMember William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Marquesses of Exeter hasSubsidiaryTitle Baron Burghley
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Marquesses of Exeter notableMember William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby notableRelative William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby grandfather William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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King’s Secretary officeHolder William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Siege of Leith combatantCommander William Cecil
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Thomas Cecil father William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Richard Cecil hasChild William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Richard Cecil notableRelative William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Mary Cecil notableRelative William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Mildred Cooke Cecil spouse William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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Mildred Cooke Cecil spouseOfTitle Baroness Burghley
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Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries notableOfficeHolder William Cecil, later Lord Burghley
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National Portrait Gallery collection of Tudor and Jacobean portraits depicts William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
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