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Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, KB (1701 – 31 March 1751), was a British peer and politician, styled Lord Walpole from 1723 to 1745. Origins. Houghton Hall, Norfolk. He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), the King's First Minister, now regarded as the first British Prime Minister, by his first wife Catherine Shorter.
The title was created again in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1742 for Robert Walpole, de facto acknowledged to have been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, who at the same time was created Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole of Houghton.
11 de sept. de 2023 · A number of Whig politicians opposed Walpole's conduct of the war and he resigned in February 1742. He was created earl of Orford in the same year and continued to maintain influence over...
25 de ene. de 2021 · Genealogy for Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701 - 1751) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Title: Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701–1751) Artist: Medalist: Jacques-Antoine Dassier (Swiss, Geneva 1715–1759 Copenhagen) Date: 1744. Culture: Swiss. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: Diameter: 54 mm. Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Credit Line: Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), of Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, youngest son, the diarist known to history as "Horace Walpole". He became the 4th and last Earl of Orford on his nephew's death in 1791, and died unmarried and without issue.
Overview. Lord Orford Robert Walpole. (1676—1745) prime minister. Quick Reference. (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).
