Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was a powerful English statesman and chief minister to both Elizabeth I and James I, instrumental in shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government and foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
nobleman
peer of England
privy councillor
birthDate circa 1 June 1563
birthPlace Cecil House, Strand, London, England
burialPlace Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
child William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
country Kingdom of England
deathDate 24 May 1612
deathPlace Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
educatedAt Gray’s Inn
linked to: Gray's Inn

St John’s College, Cambridge
era Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance

Jacobean era
linked to: Stuart period
father William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
linked to: Lord Burghley
fullName Robert Cecil
knownFor influencing English foreign policy
involvement in uncovering the Gunpowder Plot
role in the succession of James I
shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government
memberOf House of Commons of England
House of Lords
Privy Council of England
linked to: Privy Council
mother Mildred Cooke
linked to: Mildred Cooke Cecil
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Salisbury
Baron Cecil
Viscount Cranborne
notableEvent Anglo-Spanish peace negotiations of 1604
Union of the Crowns context under James I
occupation diplomat
politician
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Hertfordshire
Westminster
politicalAlignment royalist court politician
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord High Treasurer of England
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Lord Privy Seal
Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries
Principal Secretary to the Sovereign
Secretary of State for England
residence Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
linked to: Hatfield House

Salisbury House, London
servedMonarch Elizabeth I of England
James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
signature Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury signature
spouse Elizabeth Brooke
linked to: Elisabeth Brooke

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex associatedWith Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter sibling Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Hatfield House commissionedBy Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Hatfield House builtFor Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Lord Burghley child Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton associatedWith Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana dedicatedTo Robert Cecil
linked to: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Elizabethan succession intrigues hasParticipant Robert Cecil
linked to: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Cecil family notableMember Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Cecil family of Burghley and Exeter notableMember Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury fullName Robert Cecil
linked to: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury nobleTitle 1st Earl of Salisbury
linked to: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Gascoyne-Cecil family notableMember Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Baron Cecil notableFamilyMember Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Memoirs of the Court of King James the First historicalFigureCovered Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Court of James I of England notableFigure Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Mildred Cooke Cecil child Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries notableOfficeHolder Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Rainbow Portrait commissionedBy Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (attributed)
linked to: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Vice-Admiral of Devon officeHolder Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury