Burleigh
WILLIAM CECIL, LORD, an English Secretary of State under Edward VI. and Elizabeth, and Prime Minister of England for 40 years, born in Lincolnshire, Sept. 13, 1520. In 1588 Parliament was assembled, and, by his advice, a plan of religious reform was laid before it. In this he had a considerable share; and he also took the leading part in the establishment of the Thirty-nine Articles of faith, which form the basis of the reformed religion of the state. To him is also due the regulation of the coinage, which had been altered since Henry VIII.'s time. He was created Baron Burleigh in 1571, and, in 1588, concluded an advantageous treaty with the Netherlands. He died in London, Aug. 4, 1598. His son, ROBERT CE- CIL, minister under Elizabeth and James I., was sent to the court of Henry IV., and created Earl of Salisbury. sex, was loaded with honors by James I., mental in the death of the Earl of Esof France, to negotiate a treaty of peace with Spain. He was greatly instrumental in the death of the Earl of Essex, was loaded with honors by James I., and created Earl of Salisbury. mitted to the bar. After serving as at San Marcos, Tex., in 1863. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1884 and in the following year was admitted to the bar. After serving as attorney of the 26th Judicial District of Texas from 1891 to 1898, he was the Cabinet of President Wilson in 1913. was again elected in 1903 and was reelected to the 63d Congress. He resigned to become Postmaster-General in the Cabinet of President Wilson in 1913.