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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

1563 - 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. The principal discoverer of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, Robert Cecil remains a controversial historic figure as it is still debated at what point he first learned of the plot and to what extent he acted as an agent provocateur. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury is the 10,818th most popular politician (down from 9,938th in 2019), the 2,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,031st in 2019) and the 380th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ranks 10,818 out of 19,576. Before him are Mark of Cornwall, Josef Klaus, Saadeddine Othmani, Michael Critobulus, Mutesa II of Buganda, and Stepan Petrichenko. After him are Émile Derlin Zinsou, Daniel Williams, Kelly Craft, Hanna Suchocka, Negasso Gidada, and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ranks 16. Before him are Jodocus Hondius, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Franciscus Gomarus, and Katō Yoshiaki. After him are Enno III, Count of East Frisia, Heo Nanseolheon, and Michael Drayton. Among people deceased in 1612, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ranks 22. Before him are Ernest of Bavaria, Piotr Skarga, False Dmitry III, Leonardo Donato, Giovanni de' Bardi, and Nicholas Rémy. After him are Arima Harunobu, Konoe Sakihisa, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, Juan de la Cueva, and Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ranks 2,429 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Richard Christopher Carrington (1826), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Mary Bell (1957), and Mark of Cornwall (480). After him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Mick Box (1947), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), Stanley Myers (1930), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), and Jamie Vardy (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury ranks 380. Before him are Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Catherine of York (1479), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), and Mark of Cornwall (480). After him are Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Tessa Jowell (1947), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), and Barbara Castle (1910).

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