Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was a powerful English statesman and chief minister to both Elizabeth I and James I, instrumental in shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government and foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman
nobleman
peer of England
privy councillor
birthDate circa 1 June 1563
birthPlace Cecil House, Strand, London, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England NERFINISHED
child William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
deathDate 24 May 1612
deathPlace Marlborough, Wiltshire, England NERFINISHED
educatedAt Gray’s Inn NERFINISHED
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
era Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
Jacobean era NERFINISHED
father William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley NERFINISHED
fullName Robert Cecil NERFINISHED
knownFor influencing English foreign policy
involvement in uncovering the Gunpowder Plot
role in the succession of James I
shaping late Tudor and early Stuart government
memberOf House of Commons of England NERFINISHED
House of Lords
Privy Council of England NERFINISHED
mother Mildred Cooke NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Salisbury NERFINISHED
Baron Cecil NERFINISHED
Viscount Cranborne NERFINISHED
notableEvent Anglo-Spanish peace negotiations of 1604
Union of the Crowns context under James I
occupation diplomat
politician
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Hertfordshire NERFINISHED
Westminster NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment royalist court politician
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster NERFINISHED
Leader of the House of Commons
Lord High Treasurer of England NERFINISHED
Lord Privy Seal
Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries NERFINISHED
Principal Secretary to the Sovereign
Secretary of State for England NERFINISHED
residence Hatfield House, Hertfordshire NERFINISHED
Salisbury House, London NERFINISHED
servedMonarch Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED
James I of England NERFINISHED
signature Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury signature
spouse Elizabeth Brooke NERFINISHED

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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex associatedWith Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter sibling Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Hatfield House commissionedBy Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Hatfield House builtFor Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Lord Burghley child Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury