Cecils

There have been many Cecils – the Marquess of Salisbury, his nephew Arthur Balfour, and Viscount Cranborne – and two famous Pitts.

Great dynasties of the world: The Benns 2011

There have been many Cecils – the Marquess of Salisbury, his nephew Arthur Balfour, and Viscount Cranborne – and two famous Pitts.

Great dynasties of the world: The Benns 2011

He had decided that there were “Cecils” everywhere.

Teddy Kennedy George E. Stanley 2010

Parry was from the Vaughn family who were, in turn, related by marriage to the Cecil family. 110 It was a connection that both Cecil and Parry acknowledged as their frequent correspondence during the 1550s attests. 111 The connection to the Cecils, specifically William Cecil, would also have significant repercussions for Elizabeth and her princely household.

From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

It's the Tudors on one side and the Cecils on the other, and in between the two is the Queen.

Roland Emmerich's Next is 'Anonymous' About Shakespeare « FirstShowing.net 2010

What follows can only be described as tentative conclusions based on a documented congruence of the beliefs, tastes and association of some of Elizabeth's most important household staff: the Ashley's, Roger Ascham, Balthasar Castiglioni (not Baldassare, author of The Courtier), and the Cecils and their extrahousehold links to figures such as Robert Morrison and William Thomas.

From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

But agile civil servants were not far behind: The Cecils and the Wriothesleys clambered up the ladder as fast as had Cardinal Wolsey, a butcher's son without suffering his catastrophic fall.

In the Realm of Peers 2010

The Cecils, like the Tudors, were minor Welsh-speaking gentry who moved to England and made good.

Whoblogging 7 jekesta 2008

Over the years his influence with Elizabeth had waned as that of the Cecils grew.

Archive 2009-04-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

Lord Burghley, their founder, had been first minister to Elizabeth I, and his son Robert Cecil had performed the same service for James I. For the next two centuries, Cecils of varied intellect and competence had filled official positions, frequently with more loyalty than talent.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007