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Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Walsingham
Monarchist Contributor: Anonymous Canadian Gentleman and PhD Scholar from Ottawa, Ontario
Joined The Monarchist on April 6, 2005.
Fiercely Pro-American and proudly Pro-British
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Honouring Sir Francis Walsingham (1530-1590), English Statesman
Fanatical and fanatically loyal hatchet man of Queen Elizabeth I. Depending on which side of the theological divide you were on, Francis Walsingham was probably either a heroic defender of the State or a ruthless persecutor of the innocent.
Walsingham occupied the trusted role of Secretary of State for 17 years, but more importantly he was Elizabeth I's Controller of Intelligence, a spymaster and latter day equivalent to the head of British intelligence's MI5 (domestic intelligence) and MI6 (overseas) combined. Strongly Protestant, Walsingham was the head of a spy network that included at its simplest level local paid informers, and at its more sophisticated, "plants" in Catholic countries suspected or known to be hostile to England's Reformation. He was successful in countering plots against the Queen, and through the work of his overseas agents was able to give advanced warning of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Walsingham was a patron of writers and adapted some of his contacts in the theatrical world to create the Queen's Men, a travelling theatrical group that performed plays with high propaganda content. By performing their entertainments in the grand manor houses of the rich and influential throughout the country, the group also provided eyes in the homes of known and suspected Catholic sympathizers.
Doubtless to those of the Old Faith, Walsingham was a kind of Himmler and Goebels figure combined. Walsingham, meanwhile, balanced the day-to-day business of sanctioning the interrogation and torture of suspects with investments in the voyages of discovery of Sir Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher.
Biography Links: Britannia; Wikipedia; Tudor Place
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 7:34 p.m. | LINKS |
Monarchist Contributor: Anonymous Canadian Gentleman and PhD Scholar from Ottawa, Ontario
Joined The Monarchist on April 6, 2005.
Fiercely Pro-American and proudly Pro-British
Click here for an archive of the Author's Works.
Honouring Sir Francis Walsingham (1530-1590), English Statesman
Fanatical and fanatically loyal hatchet man of Queen Elizabeth I. Depending on which side of the theological divide you were on, Francis Walsingham was probably either a heroic defender of the State or a ruthless persecutor of the innocent.Walsingham occupied the trusted role of Secretary of State for 17 years, but more importantly he was Elizabeth I's Controller of Intelligence, a spymaster and latter day equivalent to the head of British intelligence's MI5 (domestic intelligence) and MI6 (overseas) combined. Strongly Protestant, Walsingham was the head of a spy network that included at its simplest level local paid informers, and at its more sophisticated, "plants" in Catholic countries suspected or known to be hostile to England's Reformation. He was successful in countering plots against the Queen, and through the work of his overseas agents was able to give advanced warning of the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Walsingham was a patron of writers and adapted some of his contacts in the theatrical world to create the Queen's Men, a travelling theatrical group that performed plays with high propaganda content. By performing their entertainments in the grand manor houses of the rich and influential throughout the country, the group also provided eyes in the homes of known and suspected Catholic sympathizers.
Doubtless to those of the Old Faith, Walsingham was a kind of Himmler and Goebels figure combined. Walsingham, meanwhile, balanced the day-to-day business of sanctioning the interrogation and torture of suspects with investments in the voyages of discovery of Sir Francis Drake and Martin Frobisher.
Biography Links: Britannia; Wikipedia; Tudor Place
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 7:34 p.m. | LINKS |
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