Resultado de búsqueda
弗朗西斯·沃尔辛厄姆（Walsingham, Francis1532?～1590.4.6）英格兰政治家，受封为弗朗西斯爵士·（Sir Francis）1573～1590年为伊丽莎白一世的首席秘书。长于外交，其语言知识和组织间谍活动的能力在推行伊丽莎白女王外交政策方面具有无可估量的作用。
SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM, English statesman, was the only son of William Walsingham, common sergeant of London (d.March 1534), by his wife Joyce, daughter of Sir Edmund Denny of Cheshunt. The family is assumed to have sprung from Walsingham in Norfolk, but the earliest authentic traces of it are found in London in the first half of the 15th ...
Francis Walsingham. BORN: 1532 • Kent, England DIED: September 6, 1590 • London, England English statesman; spy. Francis Walsingham, who served as secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603; see entry), organized and ran a vast spy network that kept the English informed about the potentially dangerous activities of rival powers, especially France and Spain.
23 de may. de 2018 · Walsingham, Sir Francis ( c. 1532–90). Walsingham matriculated at King's College, Cambridge, in 1548 and was taught by the prominent humanist (and Cecil's father-in-law) Sir John Cheke. He travelled abroad 1550–2, began common law training at Gray's Inn in 1552, and studied civil law at Padua from 1555. He became privy counsellor and ...
9 de sept. de 2018 · Sir Francis Walsingham was born around 1532 to William Walsingham and his wife Joyce, probably at Foots Cray, near Chislehurst, Kent. His father was a very wealthy lawyer who died in 1534 when Francis was around two years old. After William’s death, Joyce married the courtier Sir John Carey in 1538; Carey’s brother William was the husband ...
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...
- 10 min
- 426.4K
- Extra History
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.
