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Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

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Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598)

English politician, chief adviser to Elizabeth I as secretary of state from 1558 and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. He was largely responsible for the religious settlement of 1559, and took a leading role in the events preceding the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587.



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