#WilliamCecil was born #OnThisDay in 1520; created Baron Burghley by #ElizabethTudor, he served the queen of #England as prime minister for most of her reign until his death in 1598; he was a skillful policy maker if somewhat conservative & advised the queen well

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#ElizabethTudor was born #OnThisDay in 1533; her 45-year reign is certainly open to criticism — including her #colonial policy in Ireland — but she was the most successful of all of the sovereign monarchs in British #history...

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