List of Famous people with last name Burghley

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

First Name William
Last Name Burghley
Born on September 13, 1520
Died on August 4, 1598 (aged 77)

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Albert Pollard wrote, "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of Elizabeth and from the history of England."

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