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Outside the British Isles, England is often erroneously considered synonymous with the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) and even with the entire United. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, (born Sept. 13, 1520, Bourne, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died Aug. 5, 1598, London), English statesman, principal adviser to Elizabeth I ...
23 de feb. de 2024 · William Cecil - Elizabeth appointed Cecil as the Secretary of State close Secretary of State The senior member of the Privy Council. in 1558. ... Background to Elizabeth's reign.
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 ...
According to Cecil's own chronology of his life, he sat in Parliament in 1543. He was knighted in 1551, and became a member of the Privy Council (and the principal secretary) from 1550 until 1553. He spent the last three years of Mary's reign privately in Wimbledon. Cecil's public life began again in November 1558, when he started working on ...
Background and career. Born on 13 September 1520 in Bourne, Lincolnshire, William Cecil was the only son of Sir Richard Cecil and Jane Heckington. His father and grandfather held minor court appointments while his mother, Jane Heckington, was the daughter of a Lincolnshire gentleman. Cecil was educated first at The King’s School, Grantham ...
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley - Statesman, Adviser, Queen Elizabeth I: As a statesman Burghley saw that his duty was to give the Queen his best advice and then to carry out whatever policy seemed expedient to her. His loyalty in this task won Elizabeth’s confidence. A master of discretion, Burghley as a royal servant assumed an official mask and learned “to walk invisible.” His ...
31 de may. de 2018 · David Cecil, William's grandfather had turned up at Bosworth on the victorious side. he went on to become one of Henry VII's newly formed yeomen of the guard. His son meanwhile settled down to the business of being a Lincolnshire gentleman with court connections. William, born in 1520, went to Grantham Grammar school and then….
