Sir robert cecil biography of martin

&#;CECIL, ROBERT Earl of Salisbury (?–), statesman, was son of William Cecil, lord Burghley [q.

v.], by Mildred, daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke.

Sir robert cecil biography of martin

The place of his birth has never been fixed with certainty. He declared that he was born in Westminster; the exact year, too, has been the subject of much doubt. When Thomas Cecil, his elder brother, was in France in January , it was deemed advisable that he should return sooner than had been intended, because his father's ‘younger son’ had recently died.

It is to be inferred that Thomas Cecil at this time had no brother, and hence the birth of Robert, the future Lord Salisbury, must be set down at the earliest some time in Being of a weakly constitution and a delicate physique, he was educated at home under private tutors.

It is probable that Dr. Richard Neile, eventually archbishop of York, was one of them; it is certain he was one of Lord Burghley's chaplains and received his prefermen