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Francis Walsingham

1532 - 1590

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Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Walsingham attended Cambridge University and travelled in continental Europe before embarking on a career in law at the age of twenty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Walsingham has received more than 1,638,936 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Francis Walsingham is the 5,272nd most popular politician (down from 4,042nd in 2019), the 1,136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 915th in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Politician.

Francis Walsingham was Queen Elizabeth I's spymaster and Secretary of State. He was most famous for being the mastermind behind the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis Walsingham ranks 5,272 out of 15,577. Before him are Leonardo Sciascia, Sextus Tarquinius, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Guntis Ulmanis, and Carrie Lam. After him are Diodotus I, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Hermann II, Count of Celje, Gerberga of Saxony, Philip William, Prince of Orange, and Vologases IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, Francis Walsingham ranks 5. Before him are Tulsidas, Yermak Timofeyevich, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and John Hawkins. After him are Maerten de Vos, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Luís Fróis, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and Marino Grimani. Among people deceased in 1590, Francis Walsingham ranks 9. Before him are Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Ambroise Paré, Christina of Denmark, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Bernardino de Sahagún, and Gioseffo Zarlino. After him are Charles de Bourbon, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, Giambattista Benedetti, Leone Leoni, Maddalena Casulana, and Germain Pilon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Walsingham ranks 1,136 out of 7,765. Before him are Antony Flew (1923), John William Godward (1861), Peter Green (1946), Robert Browning (1812), Ian Anderson (1947), and Joseph Needham (1900). After him are Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), Angus Deaton (1945), James Murray (1837), Simon Pegg (1970), and Jeremiah Horrocks (1618).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Francis Walsingham ranks 191. Before him are William the Lion (1142), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Arthur Drewry (1891), and Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803). After him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), George Canning (1770), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Chris Patten (1944), and Blanche of Lancaster (1345).

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