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24 de feb. de 2009 · The Prime Ministers. Series 1. Episode 1 of 8. Nick Robinson examines the record of Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest serving British prime minister, who served from 1721 to 1742. Show ...
26 de ene. de 2022 · Robert Walpole was born in 1676, the son of a Norfolk landowner. He attended Eton College and then Cambridge University, where he studied law. After university, Walpole entered politics and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1701, he was elected to Parliament as a representative for Castle Rising. Walpole’s political career was marked by ...
17 de mar. de 2021 · By Andrew Gimson. Robert Walpole, who took office on 3 April 1721 and is by convention regarded as the first of the 55 prime ministers to have guided this country’s fortunes over the past three centuries, was at ease with sex and money and self-enrichment at public expense. A famous caricature of him, entitled “Idol-Worship, or The Way to ...
1 er comte d'Orford. Robert Walpole. Homme d'État anglais (Houghton, Norfolk, 1676-Londres 1745). Député whig (1701), secrétaire à la Guerre (1708) puis trésorier de la Marine (1710), il est disgracié lors de la réaction tory. Revenu au pouvoir avec les hanovriens, il devient trésorier-payeur général des armées et chancelier de l ...
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (August 26, 1676 – March 18, 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. This position had no official recognition in law, but Walpole is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the de facto office due to the extent of his influence in the Cabinet.
He remained at the Treasury for the next 21 years, at first as junior partner to Townshend, on whose ‘superior favour at court’, based on the King’s mistress, the Duchess of Kendal, ‘as much Queen of England as ever any was,’ 2 his own power depended. For as the Duchess of Kendal never loved Sir Robert Walpole, and was weak enough to ...
Robert Walpole, 1ᵉʳ conde d'Oxford, (Houghton, 1676 - † Londres, 1745) foi un destacáu políticu inglés, consideráu como'l primera primer ministru del Reinu Xuníu de la Gran Bretaña. Ocupó'l poder mientres casi 21 años, dende 1721 hasta 1742 .
