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ROBERT CECIL

Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, was an English statesman. He was born about 1563 and died in 1612. He was the son of William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and of a weak constitution, on which account he was educated at home until his removal to the University of Cambridge. Having received the honour of knighthood he went to France as assistant to the English ambassador. On the death of Sir Francis Walsingham he succeeded him as principal secretary, and continued to be a confidential minister of Queen Elizabeth I to the end of her reign. Having secretly supported the interests of James I previous to his accession to the crown he was continued in office under the new sovereign and raised to the peerage. In 1603 he was created a baron, in 1604 Viscount Cranbourn, and in 1605 Earl of Salisbury. In 1608 Lord Salisbury was made lord high-treasurer, an office which he held until his death in 1612.
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EARL OF SALISBURY

The Earl of Salisbury is a character in King Richard II and in King Henry V and in King Henry VI part I and in King Henry VI part II.
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