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| | Walsingham, Sir Francis - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS [Walsingham, Sir Francis], 1532?-1590, English statesman. |
 | | A zealous Protestant, he went abroad during the reign of Queen Mary I but returned on the accession (1558) of Elizabeth I. He entered Parliament (1559) and soon was employed by William Cecil, Baron Burghley, in obtaining intelligence from abroad. |
 | | Walsingham, as a Protestant, favored an alliance of England, France, and the Netherlands against Spain. |
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