Sir William Cecil

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:the_Anglo-Spanish_War
gptkb:Sir_Francis_Drake
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_I
gptkb:the_English_Reformation
gptkb:the_Protestant_Reformation
gptkb:the_Royal_Society
gptkb:the_Privy_Council
gptkb:the_East_India_Company
gptkb:the_English_Civil_War
gptkb:the_Elizabethan_era
gptkb:the_Council_of_the_North
gptkb:the_Virginia_Company
gptkb:the_Spanish_Armada
gptkb:the_English_Renaissance
gptkb:the_Act_of_Supremacy
the founding of universities
the Treaty of Edinburgh
the Roanoke Colony
the_establishment_of_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:born September 13, 1520
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Cecil
gptkbp:contributedTo the_establishment_of_the_Church_of_England
gptkbp:died August 4, 1598
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Cecil
gptkbp:influenced English_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thomas_Cromwell
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:the_Act_of_Uniformity
land management
intelligence gathering
political influence
diplomatic strategies
legal reforms
patronage of the arts
administrative reforms
foreign policy
the promotion of education
the promotion of science
the promotion of trade
the establishment of the first English colony in America
the promotion of exploration
the promotion of colonization
the_development_of_the_English_navy
the_establishment_of_the_College_of_Arms
the_Elizabethan_Poor_Law
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:occupation statesman
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Paulet,_1st_Marquess_of_Winchester
gptkbp:role chief advisor
gptkbp:servedIn Lord High Treasurer
Secretary_of_State
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Cheke
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Robert_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Salisbury
gptkbp:taught gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baron_Burghley