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15 de may. de 2024 · A description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill, near Twickenham with an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c. Creator Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Published / Created MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786] Publisher
19 de may. de 2024 · Carbery lived there until his death in 1713, when the property was sold to the Gough family. Sir Richard Gough also held Lord Orford's leasehold 1714-19, building stables at the northern end by the highway, but in 1719 Sir Robert Walpole took over most of that land, leaving only the stables and Lord Orford's gazebo by the river with Gough House.
Hace 3 días · The statue stands upon a square pedestal, upon which is an inscription which states that she was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, and that " 'Horace, her youngest son,' consecrated this monument," as we have said above.
2 de may. de 2024 · What does walpole mean?. [n] English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)[n] Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
9 de may. de 2024 · His brother-in-law Earl Temple helped with an annuity of £1,000. William Pitt, the Elder was a British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power. Pitt was born in London of a distinguished family. His mother, Lady Harriet Villiers, daughter of Viscount ...
Hace 1 día · Leigh Hunt, in his own lively manner, writes thus of him:—"Fox had begun life as a partisan of Sir Robert Walpole; and in the course of his career held lucrative offices under Government—that of Paymaster of the Forces, for one—in which he enriched himself to a degree which incurred a great deal of suspicion."
20 de may. de 2024 · Modern historians generally believe sir Robert Walpole, who led the government of Great Britain for twenty years from 1721, as the first prime minister. By this definition Walpole is also the longest-serving British Prime Minister. However, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was the first and Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving Prime Minister.
