Mildred Cooke
English noblewoman and translator (1526-1589) · Died at 63
Mildred Cecil, Baroness Burghley was an English noblewoman and translator. She was the wife of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I, and the mother of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, adviser to James I.
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Basilii Magni et Gregorii Nazanzeni in the British Library - this copy belonged to Lord and Lady Burghley, the names 'William. Myldred Cicyll' are stamped on the cover and the titlepage bears the autograph 'Mildred: Cecili'
Portrait of Mildred Cooke Cecil (pregnant with Robert), by Hans Eworth, 1563, Hatfield HouseAbout this person
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Lived 1526 to 1589 · aged 63