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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.
Francis Walsingham (ur. ok. 1532 w Chislehurst, Kent, zm. 6 kwietnia 1590 w Londynie) – polityk angielski; główny i najbardziej zaufany doradca Elżbiety I. Życiorys. Podczas rządów Marii I Tudor został wygnany z kraju i dołączył do innych uchodźców przebywających w Szwajcarii oraz północnych Włoszech.
Published 5th January 2018. Francis Walsingham was the son of successful London lawyer, with court connections. His paternal uncle was constable of the Tower of London, and his mother’s brother, Sir Anthony Denny, was the gentleman of the Privy Chamber who told Henry VIII that it was time to prepare for death.
Francis Walsingham. Francis Walsingham ( 1530 em Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Kent - 6 de abril de 1590, Seething Lane, Londres, Inglaterra) ocupou vários cargos públicos importantes na Inglaterra do século XVI, mas é lembrado pela história principalmente por ter sido o chefe da rede de espionagem da rainha Elizabeth I.
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.
Uiterlijk. Francis Walsingham (c. 1533 - 6 april 1590) was onder Elizabeth I van Engeland van 1570 tot 1573 de Engelse ambassadeur in Frankrijk en daarna haar 'principal secretary' (een voorloper van de huidige Secretary of State) tot aan zijn dood. Hij staat bekend als haar hoofd spionage . Walsingham onderhield als een van de eerste politici ...
17 de jul. de 2018 · Appointed one of Elizabeth’s principal secretaries in 1573, Sir Francis Walsingham attended daily on the queen, acting as the point of contact between the monarch and the council. As a privy councillor, he offered Elizabeth advice on the thorniest issues of the day.
