. Historical portraits ... ear married Mary Cheke, the sister of hisfriend. She died in 1544, and in 1545 Cecil married another ladyfamous for her learning—Mildred Cooke, daughter of Edward VIspreceptor, and sister of Anne Cooke who became the mother ofFrancis Bacon. The Duke of Somerset made Cecil his privatesecretary in 1547 and reposed complete trust in him. Soon afterSomersets fall in 1550, Cecil, who was for a moment involved in hisruin, made his peace with Warwick, was made Secretary of State in1550, knighted in 1551 and became Chancellor of the Garter in he outwardly complie
. Historical portraits ... ear married Mary Cheke, the sister of hisfriend. She died in 1544, and in 1545 Cecil married another ladyfamous for her learning—Mildred Cooke, daughter of Edward VIspreceptor, and sister of Anne Cooke who became the mother ofFrancis Bacon. The Duke of Somerset made Cecil his privatesecretary in 1547 and reposed complete trust in him. Soon afterSomersets fall in 1550, Cecil, who was for a moment involved in hisruin, made his peace with Warwick, was made Secretary of State in1550, knighted in 1551 and became Chancellor of the Garter in he outwardly complied with the measures of the detest-able government of the last three years of Edward VI, his privatejournal enables us to see how much he loathed his masters. Hesigned, with the rest of the Council, the document by which Edwardattempted in June 1553 to change the succession, but by a certainamount of quibbling contrived to reconcile himself to Mary after thefailure of the scheme. He held no office but incurred no disgrace. WILLIAM CECIL, FIRST BARON BURGHLEY, the portrait in the National Portrait Gallerj, attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts Face p. So WILLIAM CECIL 8i during the Catholic reaction, and he evidently made no difficultyabout going to mass. In the autumn of 1554 he was sent to help inescorting Cardinal Pole to England, and in the following springwas again employed on a diplomatic mission. He even sat in oneMarian Parliament (that of October 1555). But it is evident that allthrough Marys reign he had been gradually attaching himself tothe fortunes of the Princess Elizabeth, and on her accession he wasimmediately appointed to his old office of Secretary of State. Thishe held until in 1572, having already been created Lord Burghley,he exchanged it for the Treasurership, then the highest post in theservice of the Crown : but virtually for the first forty years ofElizabeths reign he was, under whatever title. Prime Minister ofEngland. It is a constant theme of disp
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