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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

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English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, A. F.

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Portrait of William Cecil, c. after 1570Portrait of William Cecil, c. after 1570Engraving of Queen Elizabeth I, William Cecil and Sir Francis Walsingham, by William Faithorne, 1655Engraving of Queen Elizabeth I, William Cecil and Sir Francis Walsingham, by William Faithorne, 1655Cecil presiding over the Court of WardsCecil presiding over the Court of WardsBurghley HouseBurghley HouseTomb of William Cecil in St Martin's Church, StamfordTomb of William Cecil in St Martin's Church, Stamford

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, A. F. Pollard wrote, "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of Elizabeth and from the history of England." He was raised to the peerage as Baron Burghley in February 1571.

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Lived 1520 to 1598 · aged 77
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