Francis Walsingham
English spy, diplomat and politician (1532-1590) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 58
Sir Francis Walsingham was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".
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Ruins of Scadbury Hall, seat of the Walsingham family, Chislehurst, Kent
Seventeenth-century engraving of Queen Elizabeth with William Cecil (left) and Francis Walsingham (right)
Famous portrait of Elizabeth I after the defeat of the Spanish Armada![An Allegory of the Tudor Succession was a gift from Elizabeth to Walsingham. The bottom of the picture is inscribed "The Queen to Walsingham this tablet sent; Mark of her people's and her own content."[60]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Family_of_Henry_VIII%2C_an_Allegory_of_the_Tudor_Succession.png/1280px-Family_of_Henry_VIII%2C_an_Allegory_of_the_Tudor_Succession.png)
An Allegory of the Tudor Succession was a gift from Elizabeth to Walsingham. The bottom of the picture is inscribed "The Queen to Walsingham this tablet sent; Mark of her people's and her own content."[60]About this person
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United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Public Official
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1532 to 1590 · aged 58
