Younger son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. Not a handsome man, the first monarch he served called him "my pygmy" and the second "my little beagle".
A statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). He 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, the same year in which he was created Earl of Salisbury, but as far as we can ascertain the former did not lead to the latter.
He inherited Beaufort House from his father.
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