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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)

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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

The singer, who is representing the UK in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, returned to Acland Burghley School to give an assembly and to discuss her career as a musician.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

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

There comes a strange interest in knowing that this great intelligence of Burghley arranged not only the affairs of the State, but the details of his household with the same impassive power.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

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