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The following biography of Sir Robert Cecil, 1st earl of Salisbury, is copied from Alexander Brown’s The Genesis of the United States, vol. 2, pp. 849–50.. Cecil, one of the most powerful individuals in the late court of Elizabeth I and early court of James I, was the consummate bureaucrat, and in this capacity, rather a visionary when it came to implementing needed reforms affecting ...
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury. by Unknown artist, after John De Critz the Elder oil on panel, 1602 35 1/2 in. x 28 7/8 in. (902 mm x 734 mm)
17 de mar. de 2015 · Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, was a major political figure in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Cecil had a political pedigree of the highest order – his father was Lord Burghley, one of Elizabeth I’s chief ministers. Cecil was made Earl of Salisbury in May 1605. Robert Cecil was born on June 1st, 1563.
30 de mar. de 2009 · Robert Cecil was born around 1563 as the son of William Cecil, who was queen Elizabeth’s primary advisor. Robert followed in his fathers footsteps. He became Secretary of State under Elizabeth and stayed on under her successor James I .
Marquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Cecil was the son of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Elizabeth (née Brooke), the daughter of William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham. He was born in Westminster on 28 March 1591 and baptized in St Clement Danes on 11 April. William's mother died when he was six years old, and he was subsequently raised by his aunt, Lady Frances Stourton.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1 June 1563? – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his skilful direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Salisbury served as the Secretary of State of England (1596–1612) and Lord High Treasurer (1608–12), succeeding his ...
