Resultado de búsqueda
Robert Walpole was born into minor Norfolk nobility in 1676. He was the fifth child of 17, and third son. He was educated at Eton where he befriended a few who would be politically useful to him, including Charles Townshend. It was originally intended that he would go into the Church, but whilst he was studying at Cambridge in 1698, his elder ...
On 26th August 1676 Sir Robert Walpole was born, a man who would become not only Britain’s first Prime Minister, but also the longest serving Prime Minister in British history. Walpole was born in Houghton, Norfolk, the son of Robert Walpole senior, a Whig politician who served in the House of Commons, and his wife, Mary Walpole, a member of the gentry, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Burwell of ...
Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak is the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
23 de jul. de 2021 · In this video produced with the History of Parliament Trust we learn about Britain's first Prime Minister: Robert Walpole.
- 5 min
- 13.8K
- History Hub
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 ...
Hace 5 días · J.H. Plumb analyses the career of the man recognised as Britain's first prime minister. Walpole. Over the high table at King's College, Cambridge, hanging in the place of honour, is a splendid portrait of Sir Robert Walpole. There he is – short, fat, coarse-featured, jovial, resplendent in the Garter of which he was so proud.
1 de ene. de 2012 · The historian A. J. P. Taylor wrote that Walpole was ‘as much the first modern Prime Minister we should recognize as Adam was the first man’. Walpole had a long tenure as First Lord of the Treasury (1721-1742) and became the dominant figure within government from around 1730.
