Lord Burghley

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English statesman Lord High Treasurer of England Privy Councillor chief minister nobleman politician

Lord Burghley was the principal statesman and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I of England, renowned for shaping Elizabethan domestic and foreign policy.

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Label Occurrences
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley 10
William Cecil 2
1st Baron Burghley 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer of England ⓘ
Privy Councillor ⓘ
chief minister ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
politician ⓘ
advisorTo Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
alternateName Lord Burghley ⓘ
surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
associatedWithEvent Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
Elizabethan religious settlement ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement

Northern Rebellion (1569) ⓘ
birthDate 1520-09-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Bourne, Lincolnshire ⓘ
surface form: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
burialPlace St Martin’s Church, Stamford ⓘ
surface form: St Martin’s Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire
child Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ⓘ
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdPeer 1571 ⓘ
deathDate 1598-08-04 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Gray's Inn ⓘ
surface form: Gray’s Inn

St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron Burghley
influenced Elizabethan religious settlement ⓘ
English policy towards Spain ⓘ
English policy towards the Netherlands ⓘ
suppression of Catholic plots in England ⓘ
knownFor administrative and financial reforms ⓘ
long service as chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I ⓘ
shaping Elizabethan domestic policy ⓘ
shaping Elizabethan foreign policy ⓘ
support of Protestant settlement in England ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council ⓘ
surface form: Privy Council of England
monarchServed Edward VI of England ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Mary I of England ⓘ
name Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Cecil
nobleTitle Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baron Burghley
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
Chancellor of the University of Dublin ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer ⓘ
surface form: Lord High Treasurer of England

Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries ⓘ
Secretary of State (England) ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for England
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence Burghley House ⓘ
surface form: Burghley House, near Stamford

The Strand, London ⓘ
signature William Cecil, Lord Burghley signature ⓘ
spouse Mary Cheke ⓘ
Mildred Cooke Cecil ⓘ
surface form: Mildred Cooke

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Burghley → name → Lord Burghley ⓘ
Elizabeth I (miniseries) → character → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Theobalds House → builtFor → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Theobalds House → notableResident → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Gray's Inn → hasNotableAlumnus → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Elizabethan religious settlement → promotedBy → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Elizabeth Cecil → relative → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter → father → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Tudor court → notableFigure → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
The Virgin Queen → portraysHistoricalFigure → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Lord Burghley → name → Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil
Lord Burghley → honorificTitle → Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Baron Burghley
Lord Burghley → nobleTitle → Lord Burghley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baron Burghley
Lord Burghley → alternateName → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Sir Francis Walsingham → workedUnder → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil, Lord Burghley
Council of Regency for Edward VI → hasMember → Lord Burghley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cecil