Sir Francis Walsingham

E322807

English statesman Privy Councillor diplomat member of Parliament spymaster

Sir Francis Walsingham was Queen Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and spymaster, renowned for building an extensive intelligence network that protected England from internal and external threats.

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Label	Occurrences
Sir Francis Walsingham canonical	3
Francis Walsingham	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English statesman ⓘ Privy Councillor ⓘ diplomat ⓘ member of Parliament ⓘ spymaster ⓘ
birthYear	c. 1532 ⓘ
burialPlace	St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral, London
child	Frances Walsingham ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Sir Philip Sidney ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	6 April 1590 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
educatedAt	Gray's Inn ⓘ surface form: Gray’s Inn King’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Crown of England ⓘ
era	English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan era
familyName	Walsingham ⓘ
fieldOfWork	intelligence and espionage ⓘ statecraft ⓘ
fullName	Sir Francis Walsingham self-link ⓘ
givenName	Francis ⓘ
ideology	English Protestantism ⓘ
knownFor	creating an extensive intelligence network ⓘ protecting England from Catholic plots ⓘ role in the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ role in uncovering the Babington Plot ⓘ serving as spymaster to Elizabeth I ⓘ use of cryptography and codebreaking ⓘ use of double agents and informers ⓘ
memberOf	Gray's Inn ⓘ surface form: Gray’s Inn
monarchServed	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
notableEvent	Anglo-Spanish conflict leading to the Spanish Armada ⓘ Babington Plot ⓘ Throckmorton Plot ⓘ
opponent	Mary, Queen of Scots ⓘ Philip II of Spain ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Banbury ⓘ Dorset ⓘ Lyme Regis ⓘ
positionHeld	Ambassador to France ⓘ Member of the Privy Council of England ⓘ Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I ⓘ Secretary of State (England) ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State of England
relativeByMarriage	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
religion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
residence	Seething Lane, London ⓘ
spouse	Anne Carleill ⓘ Ursula St Barbe ⓘ
workedUnder	Lord Burghley ⓘ surface form: William Cecil, Lord Burghley

Referenced by (5)

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

Elizabeth: The Golden Age → mainCharacter → Sir Francis Walsingham ⓘ

Elizabeth I (miniseries) → character → Sir Francis Walsingham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francis Walsingham

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex → grandfather → Sir Francis Walsingham ⓘ

The Virgin Queen → portraysHistoricalFigure → Sir Francis Walsingham ⓘ

this entity surface form: Francis Walsingham

Sir Francis Walsingham → fullName → Sir Francis Walsingham self-link ⓘ