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Robert Cecil Salisbury

(Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612)


Robert Cecil was born around 1563 as the son of William Cecil, who was queen Elizabeth’s primary advisor. Robert followed in his fathers footsteps. He became Secretary of State under Elizabeth and stayed on under her successor James I. He also became Lord Privy Seal and Lord High Treasurer. He died in 1612.
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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 1563 – 24 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Lord Salisbury served as the Secretary of State of England (1596–1612) and Lord High Treasurer (1608–1612), succeeding his father as Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Privy Seal and remaining in power during the first nine years of King James I's reign until his own death. (From Wikipedia)

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