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8 de jun. de 2024 · William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was a principal adviser to England’s Queen Elizabeth I through most of her reign. Cecil was a master of Renaissance statecraft, whose talents as a diplomat, politician, and administrator won him high office and a peerage.
8 de jun. de 2024 · William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Statesman, Adviser, Queen Elizabeth I: As a statesman Burghley saw that his duty was to give the Queen his best advice and then to carry out whatever policy seemed expedient to her. His loyalty in this task won Elizabeth’s confidence.
Hace 6 horas · In the margin and between some of Elizabeth’s instructions are notes written in a different hand, that of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–1598), the queen’s chief minister. Cecil's additions clarify or finesse the wording of Elizabeth’s orders and show that the document was a draft, likely held in the crown archives.
Hace 2 días · In August 1585, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, was curing his swollen foot at Cornbury Park near Oxford after a fall from his horse. Expecting that the queen would soon nominate him to lead her troops in the Netherlands, he received a long letter from William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord Treasurer and the queen's senior…
24 de jun. de 2024 · Robert Dudley's relationship with William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was complicated. Traditionally they have been seen as enemies, and Cecil behind the scenes sabotaged Dudley's endeavours to obtain the Queen's hand. [70]
Hace 6 días · William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was made Elizabeth’s secretary at her first privy council meeting, just three days after her accession. Burghley was well-educated and had served in a political capacity under Edward VI, Princess Elizabeth, and even briefly under Mary I.
Hace 2 días · Introduction. The papers contained in the present Volume, Part XIII of the Cecil Calendar, together with another volume to come next—materials for which are already prepared,—form the final Addenda to that Calendar as far as to the end of the reign of Elizabeth.
