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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

1520 - 1598

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William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (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. In his description in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, A.F. Pollard wrote, "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of Elizabeth and from the history of England." Cecil set as the main goal of English policy the creation of a united and Protestant British Isles. His methods were to complete the control of Ireland, and to forge an alliance with Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley has received more than 1,844,251 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley is the 4,154th most popular politician (up from 5,011th in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,067th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ranks 4,154 out of 19,576. Before him are Áed mac Cináeda, Osorkon I, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Eric X of Sweden, and Gustav Noske. After him are Rudolph III of Burgundy, Hans Aumeier, Milan Milutinović, Masamune, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus V, Sigismund II Augustus, Vincenzo Galilei, Barbara Radziwiłł, Koca Sinan Pasha, and Christophe Plantin. After him are Matthias Flacius, Alessandro Farnese, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Pontus De la Gardie, and Madeleine of Valois. Among people deceased in 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ranks 8. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Feodor I of Russia, Yi Sun-sin, Abraham Ortelius, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, and John George, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Abdullah Khan II, Theodor de Bry, Henri Estienne, Paolo Boi, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, and Lucrezia d'Este.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ranks 849 out of 8,785. Before him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Charles George Gordon (1833), and Rex Harrison (1908). After him are Edmund Spenser (1552), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Ian Stewart (1938), Michael York (1942), Ray Milland (1907), and Stephen Frears (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ranks 142. Before him are Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), and Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156). After him are Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), and Rishi Sunak (1980).

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