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Francis Walsingham. Sir Francis Walsingham, född cirka 1532, död 6 april 1590 i London, var Elisabet I:s underrättelsechef och grundare av Englands första hemliga polis. Walsingham omnämns ofta som den förste i Europa att bygga upp ett statligt system för spionage och underrättelseinsamling.
25 de jul. de 2006 · Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her.
With pop culture staples like James Bond & Fletchly Park, there's a strong association of England and spies. But the tradition and association is older and d...
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Sir Francis Walsingham - Catholic Conspiracies, Spanish Armada: Those secret efforts would lead directly to the exposure of two more serious plots to depose Elizabeth and restore Catholicism to England. A spy in the French embassy in London—who has plausibly been identified as Giordano Bruno (writing under the pseudonym Henry Fagot), a lapsed Dominican friar who would later achieve renown as ...
14 de may. de 2013 · Considered the first British spymaster, Francis Walsingham held the position of the modern day Foreign Secretary and head of MI5 and MI6. A sixteenth-century ‘M’, he commanded a network of over 50 agents all over the country and throughout Europe as far east as Turkey, and usually supported this elaborate espionage network from his own pocket.
Sir Francis Walsingham (født omkring 1532, død 6. april 1590 i London) var Elizabeth I's udenrigsminister fra 20. december 1573 til sin død og grundlægger af Englands hemmelige politi . Walsingham betragtes ofte som den første i Europa, der opbyggede et statsligt spion- og efterretningsvæsen. Han opbyggede et spion-netværk, som trængte ...
25 de jul. de 2006 · Sir Francis Walsingham’s official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England’s first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant, Walsingham worked brilliantly behind the scenes to foil Elizabeth’s rival Mary Queen of Scots and outwit Catholic Spain and France, which had arrayed their forces behind her.
