William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley from NPG (2)

This is a list of the principal government ministers during the reign of

Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

, 1558 to 1603. From the outset of her reign, her

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

was

Sir William Cecil 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 1 ...

, later Lord Burghley. He died in 1598 and was succeeded by his son

Sir Robert Cecil Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 156324 May 1612), was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Lord Salisbury served as the ...

. Other important ministers were Sir Francis Knollys and James Windebank.

Sources

* Haydn's ''Book of Dignities'', 1894 {{DEFAULTSORT:Elizabeth I, Ministers To English ministries Elizabeth I 16th-century English politicians Court of Elizabeth I