Robert cecil descendants today
Robert cecil death.
Sir Robert Cecil was born on 1 June 1563 to William Cecil, 1st Baron of Burghley and his second wife Mildred Cooke Cecil. He completed his education from St. John’s College, Cambridge University.
In the Elizabethan era, he became the Secretary of State in 1590 and the leading minister after the death of his father in 1598.
Sir Robert Cecil Biography
He served both Queen Elizabeth and King James, though for the greater part of his career he served as spy master to King James.
William cecil
He was granted the title of Baron Cecil of Essendon in 1603, then he has again titled the Viscount of Cranborne in 1604 and finally, he was raised to the Earl of Salisbury in 1605.
The Bye and Main plots brought Cecil to the forefront in 1603.
The main driving impulse behind this plot was to remove King James from the throne and progress with the ascent of Lady Arabella Stuart. However, many of the staunch conspirators of this plot were related to Cecil and due to his deep connections with the monar
