William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, also spelt Burleigh, 1520 –1598. English statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, also spelt Burleigh, 1520 –1598. English statesman, chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer. From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published 1901.

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