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William Cecil’s managerial experiences began early in the reign of Edward VI. Fresh from Cambridge and Gray’s Inn, he rose meteorically. In his late twenties he became the right-hand man of Protector Somerset; when Somerset fell in 1549, Cecil was imprisoned in the Tower for a brief time, and then quickly became equally close to Somerset’s successor, Northumberland.
The problem of Ireland in the Tudor state It is tempting from our modern vantage point to see William Cecil as a proto-prime minister being accorded, or seeking to grasp, additional power and influence in the early modern state; but he was at all times reluctant to assume primary responsibility for Ireland.
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 ...
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 ...
23 de sept. de 2015 · Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, seems the very epitome of the faceless bureaucrat. He served Queen Elizabeth I for 40 years, first as Secretary, then as Lord Treasurer. He was at her side from the very first moment of her reign, until a few days before his death in 1598. During this time he wrote thousands of memos, dictated thousands more ...
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 ]
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, A.F. Pollard wrote, "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of Elizabeth and from the history of ...
