English statesman and chief adviser to Elizabeth I. He persuaded the queen to execute Mary Queen of Scots. |
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British politician who was foreign minister under Benjamin Disraeli and prime minister (1885-1892 and 1895-1902). |
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English statesman who helped secure the throne for James I after the death of Elizabeth I (1603). |
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British public official who helped draft the League of Nations Covenant and was president of the League of Nations Union (1923-1945). He won the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize. |
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