This man succeeded Henry Norris as ambassador to France, and his home in Paris became a headquarters for Protestant refugees in the wake of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - in his 64-page account of that massacre, he advised breaching relations with France. This man's secretary and closest advisor was Robert Beale, who was wed to the sister of his 
This man succeeded Henry Norris as ambassador to France, and his home in Paris became a headquarters for Protestant refugees in the wake of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - in his 64-page account of that massacre, he advised breaching relations with France. This man's secretary and closest advisor was Robert Beale, who was wed to the sister of his wife Ursula St. Barbe - that marriage also led this man to gain a son-in-law, the poet Philip Sidney. His advice to pursue military action in the Low Countries was realized in the Treaty of Nonsuch. He oversaw reconstruction of Dover Harbour and opposed the Duke of Anjou's marriage to the queen, after he'd begun his term as principal secretary of England, replacing William Cecil. Known for thwarting the designs of Francis Throckmorton and Anthony Babington, FTP, name this "spymaster" who performed espionage under Queen Elizabeth I.
This man succeeded Henry Norris as ambassador to France, and his home in Paris became a headquarters for Protestant refugees in the wake of St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - in his 64-page account of that massacre, he advised breaching relations with France.
Sir Francis {Walsingham}