13 September 1520 A.D. Birth—William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley: Elizabeth 1’s Chief Minister of State—Diplomat, Politician and Administrator
13 September 1520 A.D. Birth—William Cecil, 1 st Baron Burghley: Elizabeth 1’s Chief Minister of State—Diplomat, Politician and Administrator Beckingsale, Bernard Winslow. “William Cecil, 1 st Baron Burghley.” Encyclopedia Britannica. N.d. http://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Cecil-1st-Baron-Burghley . Accessed 13 Sept 2015. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , Burghley also spelled Burleigh , also called (1551–71) Sir William Cecil (born Sept. 13, 1520, Bourne, Lincolnshire , Eng.—died Aug. 5, 1598, London ), principal adviser to England’s Queen Elizabeth I through most of her reign. Cecil was a master of Renaissance statecraft, whose talents as a diplomat, politician, and administrator won him high office and a peerage. Life By service to the Tudors and marriage to local heiresses Cecil’s father and grandfather acquired wealth, office, and the status of gentry. In childhood William served as a page of the robes at cour...