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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, 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.
KS3 > The Reformation > MPs > William Cecil. Cecil served in Parliaments under Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I. He became Elizabeth I’s most trusted minister, and played a major role in her government and her religious settlement. Cecil was the son of one of Henry VIII’s minor courtiers. His father made sure that Cecil was well-educated at ...
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (1542–1623) By Mildred Cooke: Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612) Frances Cecil (1554) Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford (1556–1588) Elizabeth Cecil, Lady Wentworth (1564-1583) DIED: 4 August 1598. BURIED: St. Martin's Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire
William Cecil, primer barón de Burghley, nació en Lincolnshire el 13 de septiembre de 1520 y fallece en Londres el 4 de agosto de 1598. Fue un político inglés. Trabajo Secretario de Estado. Ingresó en el Parlamento en 1543, y desde 1547 figuró como miembro regular de la Cámara de los Comunes hasta que fue nombrado par en 1571.
Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley was the longest-serving minister of any of the Tudor monarchs, and one of the more successful in that he died in his own bed, still in favour with his sovereign. Cecil was born in a small town in Lincolnshire, into a family with royal connections.
