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William Cecil, 1 er baron Burghley (parfois orthographié Burleigh), né le 13 septembre 1520 [2] et mort le 4 août 1598 [1], est un homme d'État anglais du XVI e siècle. Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ]
21 de may. de 2018 · Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron (1520–98) English statesman and chief minister of Elizabeth I of England. He was secretary of state (1550–53) under Edward VI but failed to win Mary I 's favour on her accession to the throne. On Mary's death, Elizabeth I made Burghley secretary of state (1558–72) and then lord high treasurer (1572–98).
Mary Cecil, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney (paternal grandmother) William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter (paternal great-grandfather) William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (August 17, 1928 – October 31, 2017) was an English - American businessman. He was the owner of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company .
If there is one man who shaped the State Papers it was William Cecil, first Baron of Burghley, Elizabeth I’s Secretary (1558-72) and Lord Treasurer (1572-1598). Burghley was many men rolled into one, the consummate servant of the Crown: in Britain today he would be Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Cabinet ...
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. (1520 or 1521-1598), Lord High Treasurer. Sitter associated with 45 portraits. William Cecil served both Edward VI and Mary I but exercised most power when chief minister to their sister Elizabeth I. When she ascended to the throne, Elizabeth's first appointment was to make Cecil her principal secretary of ...
William Cecil was born into an old and wealthy family. His father, Richard Cecil, owned the vast Burghley estate in Northamptonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) and his mother was Jane Heckington. Cecil's grandfather, David, had been King Henry VII 's (1457–1509) yeoman of the guard, and he had served under Henry VIII (1491–1547; see entry) as sergeant-of-arms and as sheriff of Northamptonshire.
During the 1590s new threats arose – rebellion in Ireland, faction at home as Burghley’s former ward, the Earl of Essex and his son, Robert Cecil, clashed for supremacy. Spain, too, was undefeated and there were always fears of invasion. By 1598, Burghley was weakening, but he continued to attend Council meetings whenever he could, his last ...
