William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598) (1520–1598)

Parents

• Jane Heckington
• Richard Cecil

Children

• Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
• Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford
• Elizabeth Cecil
• Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Siblings

• Anne Cecil
• Elizabeth Cecil
• Margaret Cecil

Partners

• Mary Cheke
• Mildred Cooke