Cecil, Sir Robert, (1563-1612), 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cranborne, statesman

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Alternative name(s):	Salisbury, 1st Earl of (Also known as) Cranborne, 1st Viscount (Also known as)
Surname:	Cecil
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Robert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1563-1612
Title:	1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cranborne
History:	Robert Cecil was a son of Elizabeth I's chief minister William Cecil, Lord Burghley. He was knighted in 1591 and was Secretary of State from 1596 to 1608. He secured the accession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne in 1603. He was created Baron Cecil 1603, Viscount Cranborne 1604 and Earl of Salisbury 1605.
Biography:	ODNB link for Cecil, Robert (1563-1612) 1st Earl of Salisbury, statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P276112 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P166195 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Robert Cecil

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1585-1780: Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Flanders	The National Archives, Kew	SP 77
2	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton MSS
3	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Harleian MSS
4	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Sloane MSS
5	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Stowe MSS
6	corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 5664, 6177, 5503
7	corresp and papers incl rel to Cambridge University	Hatfield House Library and Archives	HMC	NRA 32925
8	1602-03: register of corresp with Sir Thomas Parry	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 38138
9	papers	Hatfield House Library and Archives		See HMC 9 Salisbury (Cecil) MSS
10	letters	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 136/B/101-278	NRA 26325 Newdegate
11	1596-1608: corresp rel to Cambridge University	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	UA/Collect.Admin.6A	See Cambridge University Archives: a Classified List, 1988, p63
12	corresp with Sir Ralph Winwood	Northamptonshire Archives Service		See HMC 45 Buccleuch (Montagu House) MSS
13	1600-11: misc corresp	Kent History and Library Centre	U1475; U1500	NRA 17989 Sidney See HMC 77 De L'Isle and Dudley MSS II-IV
14	1600-03: corresp with Mr Nicholson	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division	MssCol 1313	NRA 20038
15	1593-97: letters	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 647-62	NRA 19123
16	c1590-1609: corresp with Earls of Shrewsbury	Lambeth Palace Library		See HMC Joint Publications, 6
17	1604-06: copies of letters to Sir Charles Cornwallis	Stonyhurst College		NRA 22957 Stonyhurst College
18	c1599-1604: letters to Lord Chancellor Ellesmere	Huntington Library	EL	NRA 24601 Egerton (Bridgwater)
19	1607-11: letters to Sir Julius Caesar	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 11406, 36767
20	1609-12: corresp with William Trumbull	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See HMC [75] Downshire II-III