Burghley
Americannoun
noun
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Sometimes, such a find comes with a mystery: How the heck did the woman make her way from Burghley House, a stately home near Peterborough, England, to a shallow grave 300 yards away?
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Ella Benson Roberts is a biracial white and black Caribbean student at Acland Burghley school in north-west London.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2017
If you have been to some of the great palaces of the British aristocracy — Blenheim, Chatsworth or Burghley House — you have seen Brown’s work.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2016
The master of the old order was the lord high treasurer, William Cecil, Lord Burghley.
From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016
When Walsingham died in 1590, Burghley showed his indomitable energy by mastering the intricate cyphers and details connected with the business; he was then at the good age of seventy.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
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