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29 de dic. de 2021 · In this letter Arthur Gregory, a skilled counterfeiter, informed Walsingham that he had discovered a technique using alum to create secret writing. He wrote, ‘The writing with alum is discovered divers ways … but most apparently by rubbing of coal dust thereon.’. Gregory used the letter’s postscript to demonstrate his secret writing ...
William Walsingham (died 1534) MOTHER: Joyce Denny (died 1560) NATIONALITY: English. RELIGION: Protestant. EDUCATION: Cambridge University. KEY POSITION: Secretary of State (1573-1590) SPOUSE: Anne Barne (died 1564) Ursula St Barbe (died 1602) CHILDREN: By Ursula St Barbe: Frances Walsingham (Lady Sidney, Countess of Essex, Countess of ...
Frances Countess of Essex, Countess of Clanricarde Burgh (Walsingham) aka Sidney, Sydney, Devereux, De Burgh, Burke (1569 - certain 17 Feb 1633)
Frances was a survivor, but must have had, besides intelligence, rare charm or beauty to have married, in succession, three of the most charismatic men of the age. Seven of her twelve children survived. Frances Walsingham was the only daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Principal Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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.
Frances Carr, condesa de Somerset (31 de mayo de 1590 1 - 23 de agosto de 1632), nacida como Frances Howard, fue una noble inglesa que fue la figura central de un famoso escándalo y asesinato durante el reinado de Jacobo I de Inglaterra y VI de Escocia. Fue declarada culpable pero se salvó de la ejecución y finalmente fue perdonada por el ...
Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – April 6, 1590) is remembered by history as the "spymaster" of Queen Elizabeth I of England. An admirer of Machiavelli, Walsingham is remembered as one of the most proficient espionage-weavers in history, excelling in the use of intrigues and deception to secure the English Crown.
