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 ⓘ
linked to: Lord Burghley
nobleTitle Baron Burghley ⓘ
linked to: Lord Burghley
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 ⓘ
linked to: Lord Burghley