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  • Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley, royal minister, Lord Treasurer 1572, 1520-1598, http://isni.org/isni/000000...3
  • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603, http://isni.org/isni/000000...3
  • Walsingham, Francis, Principal Secretary, c 1532–1590, http://isni.org/isni/000000...3
  • Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, courtier and statesman, ?1532-15882
  • Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/1605242592
  • Harley, Robert, first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, http://isni.org/isni/000000...2
  • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610), 1553-1610, http://isni.org/isni/000000...2
  • Medici, Catherine, Queen Consort of Henry II, King of France; Queen Mother of Francois II, Charles IX and Henri III, Kings of France, 1519-15892
  • Valois, François de, Duc d'Alencon; from 1576 Duc d'Anjou, 1555-1584, http://isni.org/isni/000000...2
  • Bacon, Nicholas, Knight, lawyer and administrator, 1510-1579, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/23568611
  • Boleyn, Thomas, 1st Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond1
  • Bourbon, Charlotte, daughter of Louis, Duc de Montpensier and later wife of William I, Prince of Orange, c 1546-15821
  • Bowes, Robert, Treasurer of Berwick, English ambassador to Scotland, d 1597, http://viaf.org/viaf/540661341
  • Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolffenb... Joachim Charles, son of Duke Julius1
  • Bryan, Francis, Knight, courtier and diplomat, 1490-15501
  • Carey, Henry, 1st Baron Hunsdon, courtier and administrator, 1526-1596, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Casali, Gregorio, English Ambassador at Rome, c 1500-15361
  • Casimir, John, Count Palatine of Simmern, 1543-1592, http://isni.org/isni/000000...1
  • Castelnau, Michel de, Sieur de Mauvissière, French envoy to England1
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