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19 August 1604. At the Somerset House Conference in 1604 with the emissaries of Spain, the English side was led by Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, the foremost figure here. Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC (1 June 1563 - 24 May 1612), son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and half-brother of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, statesman, spymaster and minister to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. Lord Salisbury was responsible for the demolition of most of the old palace of Hatfield House and the building of the new one. ©TopFoto