list, ministers, elizabeth, this, list, principal, government, ministers, during, reign, elizabeth, england, 1558, 1603, from, outset, reign, chief, minister, william, cecil, later, lord, burghley, died, 1598, succeeded, robert, cecil, lord, burghley, longest,. This is a list of the principal government ministers during the reign of Elizabeth I of England 1558 to 1603 From the outset of her reign her chief minister was Sir William Cecil later Lord Burghley He died in 1598 and was succeeded by his son Sir Robert Cecil Lord Burghley was the longest serving minister to Queen Elizabeth I Office Name Date Notes Lord ChancellorLord Keeper of the Great Seal Sir Nicholas Bacon 1558 Sir Thomas Bromley 1579 Sir Christopher Hatton 1587 in commission 1591 Sir John Puckering 1592 Sir Thomas Egerton 1596 Lord Treasurer The Marquess of Winchester continued in office The Lord Burghley 1572 The Lord Buckhurst 1599 Lord Privy Seal Sir Nicholas Bacon 1558 The Lord Burghley 1571 The Lord Howard of Effingham 1572 Sir Thomas Smith 1573 Francis Walsingham 1576 knighted in 1577 The Lord Burghley 1590 Sir Robert Cecil 1598 Secretary of State Sir William Cecil 1558 Sir Thomas Smith 1572 Sir Thomas SmithFrancis Walsingham 1573 Sir Francis WalsinghamThomas Wilson 1577 Sir Francis Walsingham 1581 Sir Francis WalsinghamWilliam Davison 1586 Sir Francis Walsingham 1587 vacant 1590 Sir Robert Cecil 1596 Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Richard Sackville Sir Walter Mildmay 1566 Sir John Fortescue 1589 Lord High Admiral The Lord Clinton 1558 created Earl of Lincoln in 1572 The Lord Howard of Effingham 1585 created Earl of Nottingham in 1596 Master General of the Ordnance Sir Richard Southwell continued in office The Earl of Warwick 1560 The Earl of WarwickSir Philip Sidney 1585 The Earl of Warwick 1586 vacant 1590 Sir Robert Cecil 1598 The Earl of Essex 1597 vacant 1601 Lord Steward The Earl of Arundel continued in office The Earl of Pembroke 1568 vacant 1570 The Earl of Leicester 1587 Lord St John of Basing 1588 Lord Chamberlain The Lord Howard of Effingham continued in office The Earl of Sussex 1572 The 1st Lord Hunsdon 1585 The 2nd Lord Cobham 1596 The 2nd Lord Hunsdon 1597 Cofferer of the Household Sir Henry Cocke by 1572 Master of the Horse Lord Robert Dudley 1558 created Earl of Leicester in 1564 The Earl of Essex 1588 The Earl of Worcester 1602 Other important ministers were Sir Francis Knollys and James Windebank Sources editHaydn s Book of Dignities 1894 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of ministers to Elizabeth I amp oldid 1189561348, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,