"Above all things I wish God's glory and next the queen's safety."
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University of Cambridge alumniAnglicans from the United KingdomPeople from LondonAmbassadors of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
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Letter to the Earl of Leicester (April 1571), quoted in John Cooper, The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I (2011), p. 64
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Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster".
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