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Edmund Spenser, English poet, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1552)
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Edmund Spenser
English poet (c. 1552 – 1599)
Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Important political office in the British administration of Ireland (1566–1922)
The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant", from the early 19th century until the end of British rule he was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)