Burghley (other)
Burghley may refer to: *William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), chief minister of queen Elizabeth I of England *Burghley House, a sixteenth-century country house in Cambridgeshire, built for the above *Burghley Horse Trials, an annual three-day event *Burghley, an abandoned English village, believed to be under Burghley House *David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, also known as David Burghley, British Conservative politician and 1928 Summer Olympics 400m hurdles champion See also * Birley (other) * Burley (other) * Burleigh (other) * Berlei Berlei is a brand of women's lingerie and in particular bras and girdles. History The company began in Sydney in 1910. The Berlei brand originated in 1917. Berlei undergarments are now sold in Australia by Hanesbrands and in the United King ...

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 15204 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition, Albert Pollard wrote, "From 1558 for forty years the biography of Cecil is almost indistinguishable from that of Elizabeth and from the history of England." Cecil set as the main goal of English policy the creation of a united and Protestant British Isles. His methods were to complete the control of Ireland, and to forge an alliance with Scotland. Protection from invasion required a powerful Royal Navy. While he was not fully successful, his successors agreed with his goals. In 1587, Cecil persuaded the Queen to order the execution of the Roman Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, after she was implicated in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth. He was the father of Robe ...
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Burghley House
Burghley House () is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built and still lived in by the Cecil family. The exterior largely retains its Elizabethan appearance, but most of the interiors date from remodellings before 1800. The house is open to the public on a seasonal basis and displays a circuit of grand and richly furnished state apartments. Its park was laid out by Capability Brown. The house is on the boundary of the civil parishes of Barnack and St Martin's Without in the Peterborough unitary authority of Cambridgeshire. It was formerly part of the Soke of Peterborough, an historic area that was traditionally associated with Northamptonshire. It lies south of Stamford and northwest of Peterborough city centre. The house is now run by the Burghley House Preservation Trust, which is controlled by the Cecil family. History Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, later 1 ...
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Burghley Horse Trials
The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is an annual three-day event held at Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, currently in early September. Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials is classified by the FEI as one of the six leading three-day events in the world (the others being the Badminton Horse Trials, the Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Australian International Three Day Event, the Luhmühlen Horse Trials and the Étoiles de Pau). It has competition at CCI5*-L (five star) level. The prize for first place is currently £95,000. Prize money is given down to 20th place. Burghley is also one of the three events in the Grand Slam of Eventing. Run in conjunction with the event since 1990 is the Burghley Young Event Horse final, which judges 4 and 5 year old horses on their potential as future Olympic mounts. History Horse trials have been held at Burghley House since 1961 when its owner the 6th Marquess of Exeter, an Olympic gold medalist in athletics and IOC member ...
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David Cecil, 6th Marquess Of Exeter
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ (9 February 1905 – 22 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. He won the gold medal in the 400 m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Early life Born near Stamford, Lincolnshire, as heir to the 5th Marquess of Exeter, Lord Burghley was educated at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, Ludgrove School, Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he was president of the Cambridge University Athletics Club and a member of the Pitt Club. Athlete A notable runner at school and at Cambridge, he continued with his athletics and won the British AAA championships in 120 yd from 1929 to 1931 and the hurdles from 1926 to 1928, and again in 1930 and 1932. Burghley made his Olympic debut in Paris in 1924, when he was eliminated in the first round of the 110 metre hurdles event. At t ...
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Birley (other)
Birley is an electoral ward in the city of Sheffield, England. Birley may also refer to: * Birley, Herefordshire, a village in Herefordshire, England * Birley (surname), a common English surname, includes a list of people named Birley *Birley Collieries, coal mines in Sheffield, England *Birley Community College, a secondary school and technology college in Birley, Sheffield *Birley Spa, a community bath hall in Sheffield, England See also * * Burley (other) * Burghley (other) * Burleigh (other) * Berlei Berlei is a brand of women's lingerie and in particular bras and girdles. History The company began in Sydney in 1910. The Berlei brand originated in 1917. Berlei undergarments are now sold in Australia by Hanesbrands and in the United King ...

Burley (other)
Burley may refer to: People * Burley (surname) * Burley Mitchell, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court Places England * Burley, Hampshire, a village and civil parish * Burley, Leeds, an inner city area of Leeds * Burley, Rutland, a village and civil parish * Burley, Shropshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Bur-Bz#Buri-Burn, location * Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England, a village and civil parish United States * Burley, Idaho, a city * Burley Manor, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland * Burley, Washington, a census-designated place Other uses * Burley (tobacco), grown primarily in central Kentucky and central Tennessee * Chumming (burley or berley in Australasia), the practice of luring various animals, usually pelagic fish, pelagic predatory fish, by throwing meat-based groundbaits into the water * Burley Design, an American company * ''Re Burley'', a Canadian court decision See also

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Burleigh (other)
Burleigh may refer to: Places Australia *Burleigh Heads, Queensland, a suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland *Burleigh Head National Park *Electoral district of Burleigh, Queensland, Australia Canada *Burleigh Falls, Ontario United Kingdom *Burleigh, Berkshire, Bracknell Forest, England *Burleigh, Gloucestershire, England * Burleigh, Perth and Kinross, Scotland **Burleigh Castle, is located at the above *Burleigh Hall, house near the site of the present Loughborough University * Burleigh Fields, house near Loughborough *Burleigh House, London United States *Burleigh (Ellicott City, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland *Burleigh Township, Michigan *Burleigh, New Jersey *Burleigh (Concord, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina *Burleigh County, North Dakota *Menoken, North Dakota, also known as Burleigh or Burleigh Station People with the surname * Averil Burleigh (1883–1949), British painter *Bennet Burleigh, British journalist * Celia M. Burleigh, American ac ...
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