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Vor 5 Tagen · Monteagle, however, did not burn the letter. Instead, he immediately took it to Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury and Secretary of State. As Elizabeth I‘s former spymaster and a ruthless operator, Cecil was already wary of conspiracies. He brought the letter before the Privy Council and, upon the king‘s return from hunting on ...
Vor 4 Tagen · Lord Robert Cecil was born at Hatfield House, the third son of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and Frances Mary, née Gascoyne. He was a patrilineal descendant of Lord Burghley and the 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief ministers of Elizabeth I. The family owned vast rural estates in Hertfordshire and Dorset.
Vor 2 Tagen · The papers of Lord Burghley illustrate the times from the beginning of his ministry, on the accession of Queen Elizabeth, to his death in 1598. Those of his son, Sir Robert Cecil (afterwards the first Earl of Salisbury), supply similar materials from the close of his father's ministry to that of his own, which terminated by his death ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Robert Cecil served as the principal advisor to King James I for nine years. He held the position of Secretary of State from 1603 to 1612, a period of significant political and diplomatic activity. Cecil's expertise in foreign affairs and his ability to navigate the complexities of the court made him a trusted and influential figure during the early years of James's reign.
Vor 5 Tagen · In 1599 Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards Earl of Salisbury, bought the house from Lord Herbert, together with the tenements on the north-west corner of Ivy Lane, and proceeded to pull them down and erect a new house on the site.
Vor 3 Tagen · Roger Wilbraham and George Carew to Sir Thomas Egerton and Sir Robert Cecil. 1602, May 17. They have examined four witnesses against Mr. Proctor for his slanderous speeches against the Earl of Derby, and enclose their declarations, which they have offered to depose.
Vor 3 Tagen · His father was a Scottish MP, as was his grandfather James; his mother, a member of the Cecil family descended from Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was the daughter of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury and his first wife, Mary Frances Gascoyne (born 1802; m. 1821; died 1839), and she was a sister of the 3rd Marquess, the future ...
