William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, sometimes spelt Burleigh, 1520 – 1598. English statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer.

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, sometimes spelt Burleigh, 1520 – 1598. English statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer. From Crabb's Historical Dictionary, published 1825.

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