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 ⓘ