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Francis Walsingham è noto per essere stato uno dei maggiori diplomatici dell'epoca di Elisabetta I Tudor: a lui si deve una linea politica pervicacemente antispagnola [1], con la quale dimostrò di essere uno fra i primi a comprendere il potenziale della flotta inglese come strumento di potenza militare mondiale.
9 de set. de 2018 · Sir Francis Walsingham was born around 1532 to William Walsingham and his wife Joyce, probably at Foots Cray, near Chislehurst, Kent. His father was a very wealthy lawyer who died in 1534 when Francis was around two years old. After William’s death, Joyce married the courtier Sir John Carey in 1538; Carey’s brother William was the husband ...
1 de set. de 2020 · From his appointment as principal secretary to Elizabeth I in 1573, Sir Francis Walsingham was instrumental in every sphere of English diplomacy. He was particularly interested in maintaining friendly relations with Scotland, though this was complicated by his suspicions of individual Scots, especially the king, James VI, who embarked on his personal rule after the execution of the last regent ...
Who was Sir Francis Walsingham? Under the reign of Mary I, Walsingham fled England. As a devout Protestant, he worried that his beliefs would lead to persecution or death. He fled to Padua, Italy and studied law. After Elizabeth’s succession in 1558, he became involved in the government. He entered Parliament in January 1559
15 de ago. de 2023 · Francis Walsingham established a secret network to guard against the assassination of his monarch, Elizabeth I. He deployed up to 53 spies in England and 18 agents overseas, whose late-16th ...
17 de mar. de 2015 · Sir Francis Walsingham was a government administrator in the reign of Elizabeth I. Walsingham is principally remembered for his part in the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Walsingham was born around 1532. His father, William, was a lawyer. Walsingham was well-educated and attended King’s College, Cambridge from 1548 to 1550. Between …
Sir Francis Walsingham was appointed Elizabeth I’s principal secretary and a member of the privy council in 1573; he was knighted on 1 December 1577 and received the honorific dignity of the chancellorship of the Order of the Garter on 22 April 1578. Walsingham is depicted wearing a cameo portrait of the queen in profile; these were often ...
