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Burghley

American  
[bur-lee] / ˈbɜr li /

noun

  1. 1st Baron. Cecil, William.


Burghley British  
/ ˈbɜːlɪ /

noun

  1. William Cecil , 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Throughout the whole work there are continual references to Burghley.

From The Mystery of Francis Bacon by William T. Smedley

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