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Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford, (born Aug. 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Eng.—died March 18, 1745, London), English statesman generally regarded as the first British prime minister. Elected to the House of Commons in 1701, he became an active Whig parliamentarian. He served as secretary at war (1708–10) and as treasurer of the navy ...
History Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford Grants. The title of Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1723 for Robert Walpole, in honour of and during the lifetime of his father Sir Robert Walpole, the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, with special remainder, failing male issue, to his brothers Edward and Horace, in ...
Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford: Date personale; Născut: 26 august/5 septembrie 1676 Houghton (d), King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Anglia, Regatul Unit: Decedat: 18/29 martie 1745 (68 de ani)
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, 1st Baron Walpole (1701 – 31 March 1751), known as the Lord Walpole from 1723 to 1745, was a British peer. Walpole was the eldest son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole, who was created Earl of Orford in 1742, and his first wife Catherine (née Shorter).
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) (1676–1745).Traditionally known as Britain's first prime minister. From a Norfolk gentry family, Walpole was the Whig MP for Castle Rising (1701–2) and King's Lynn (1702–12, 1713–42). His first posts were as secretary at war (1708) and treasurer of the navy (1710).
2nd Earl of Orford may refer to: Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701–1751), British peer and politician. Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1752–1822), British peer and politician. Category: Disambiguation pages.
Hace 6 días · Robert Walpole (Earl of Orford) was/painted for Lord Bessborough by I. B. Vanloo in 1740 &/given to Lord Walpole by Lord.B. 1785. This portrait back to top Vertue, 1738, refers to a portrait by Vanloo whose 'great Success is likenes, naturaly without flaterry - or raising the character. but in that its remarkable that S r .
