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Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1563-1612) was an English statesman noted for his skillful direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart
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Who was Robert Cecil, what was his connection Elizabeth I and how was he involved in the Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot?
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