Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron
Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron (1520–98) English statesman and chief minister of
Elizabeth I of England. He was secretary of state (1550–53) under
Edward VI but failed to win
Mary I's favour on her accession to the throne. On Mary's death, Elizabeth I made Burghley secretary of state (1558–72) and then lord high treasurer (1572–98). An able administrator, he helped steer a moderate course between Catholicism and Protestantism. In 1587, he was responsible for ordering the execution of
Mary.
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Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Burghley William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I Stephen...time of Wolsey to that of Robert Cecil there were few years when the...to the monarchs they advised. William Cecil, the 1st Baron Burghley, was a distinguished member...
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On this day.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/13/2000; 333 words
; ...day: 1788: New York became the capital of the New United States of America; 1520: Birth of statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley; 1759: General James Wolfe killed defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham in the Battle of Quebec...
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HOUSE OF LORDS: BORN TO RULE?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/3/2001; ; 559 words
; ...creation Polonius in Hamlet, William Cecil, below, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598), was hailed...Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, right, Marquess of Salisbury...Robert Edgar Algernon Cecil, 1st Viscount, (1864-1958...
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Patronage, Culture and Power: The Early Cecils 1558-1612.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Shakespeare Studies; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...story, the Cecil family. Thanks...political career of William Cecil, who built...and created 1st Baron of Burghley in 1571, while...Sir Thomas Cecil and Sir Robert...Burghley and 1st Earl of Exeter...Cecils--Sir William and his sons...
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Lord Burghley's silver spice dishes.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...s uncle, William Montagu of...Treasurer, Sir William Cecil, the first Lord Burghley (1520-98...6 OMITTED] Cecil was one of...exterior of Burghley House is a...Hertfordshire, which Baron Waldstein visited...Thomas, 1st Earl of Exeter...
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Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–98) English statesman. He trained as a lawyer...Liveries (1561) and Lord Treasurer (1572). He was created Lord Burghley in 1571. For 40 years he ensured the stability of the Elizabethan...
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William Cecil Burghley, 1st Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Cecil Burghley, 1st Baron , 1520-98, English...until 1571 and as Lord Burghley thereafter, and was...In the privy council Burghley took a decisive role...C. Read, Secretary Cecil and Queen Elizabeth...
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Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron (1520–98) English statesman and chief minister of...accession to the throne. On Mary's death, Elizabeth I made Burghley secretary of state (1558–72) and then lord high treasurer...
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William Cecil Burleigh, 1st Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Cecil Burleigh, 1st Baron see Burghley .
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William Cecil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Cecil see Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron .
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