1520 - 1598 (77 years)| Name | William Cecil | |
| Title | 1st Baron Burghley | |
| Birth | 13 Sep 1520 | |
| Gender | Male | |
| Death | 4 Aug 1598 | |
| Person ID | I5123 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Family | Mary Cheke | |||
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| Family ID | F1471 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
| Old World | | _Lord William Cecil, Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of… |
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