In 1542, for defending royal policy, William was rewarded by Henry VIII with a place in the Court of Common Pleas. [30][31] It was subsequently the residence of his descendants, the Earls and Marquesses of Exeter. William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (August 17, 1928 – October 31, 2017) was the operator of the Biltmore Estate through his company, The Biltmore Company.
The Burghley estate was settled on his mother for life, but he was left estates in Rutland, Lincoln, and Northamptonshire.
Northumberland was executed by Mary I for his part in putting his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne, and Cecil was left exposed by his own overt Protestantism.
He was counsellor and political advisor to the queen, almost constantly at her side from the start of her reign until his death in 1598. With 32 pages of illustrations, both color and b&w. His intervention in Scotland in 1559–60 showed that he could strike hard when necessary; and his action over the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, proved that he was willing to take on responsibilities from which the Queen shrank. His idea that England's safety required a united British Isles became an axiom of English policy by the 17th century.
He was created Baron Burghley in 1571, and was Lord High Treasurer and Chief Minister from 1572. Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "CECIL DAVID, (c. 1460-?1540), of Stamford, Lincs", "Cecil, William (Lord Burghley) (CCL535W)", "1958: United players killed in air disaster", Letters of Lord Burghley to Sir Robert Cecil, 1593–8, Volume 53 of Camden Fifth Series, Calendar of Manuscripts of the Marquis of Salisbury: The Cecil Manuscripts (1306–1595), "Archival material relating to William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley&oldid=985257580, Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of England, Chancellors of the University of Cambridge, People educated at The King's School, Grantham, People from Northamptonshire (before 1974), All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from March 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020, Articles needing additional references from July 2018, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Elizabeth Cecil (born 1 July 1564), who married William Wentworth of Nettlestead (c. 1555-1582), eldest son of, Dawson, Jane E. A. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled. He made a strong attack on everything he thought Elizabeth had done wrong as queen.
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1556: Birth of his daughter Anne.
Like the mass of the nation, he grew more Protestant as time wore on; he was happier to persecute Catholics than Puritans; and he had no love for ecclesiastical jurisdiction. While Cecil intrigued to thwart Dudley, he sympathized with Protestant efforts in Parliament to make Elizabeth marry. "[18] He warmly remonstrated with John Whitgift, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, over his persecuting Articles of 1583.
In 1587, Cecil persuaded the Queen to order the execution of the Roman Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, after she was implicated in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth. If they inspire you please support our work. He was the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II, and the great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt.
Cecil was at her side when news came of her accession in 1558, and he was appointed Secretary of State on 17 November, the first day of the new reign. To find out more, visit: www.lordburghley500.org, Fancy yourself a whizz on one of history’s most popular topics? He also seems to have acted as private secretary to the Protector, and was in some danger at the time of the Protector's fall in October 1549.
The only child of this marriage, Thomas, the future Earl of Exeter, was born in May 1542, and in February 1543 Cecil's first wife died.
His daughter-in-law, Virginia Cecil, oversees the equestrian center at the estate and is on the Biltmore board of directors.
Ahead of the 500th anniversary of Cecil’s birth, she considers the prolific work and legacy of one of the Tudor queen’s most famous advisers…. A biography of William Cecil.