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Hace 1 día · George II enhanced the stability of the constitutional system, with a government run by Robert Walpole during the period 1730–1742. He built up the First British Empire, strengthening the colonies in the Caribbean and North America.
19 de may. de 2024 · THE ROYAL HOSPITAL. The building of the Royal Hospital, which continued occasionally to be called Chelsea College, had a striking effect on Chelsea's development. It was the first major new royal building since the Restoration, and gave Chelsea a cachet to counter the aristocracy's dwindling interest in residences in the riverside village.
Hace 5 días · Sir Robert Walpole was the first and longest-serving Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving under the first two Hanoverian Kings George. He was born on Aug. 26, 1676, in Houghton, Norfolk. His parents, Robert and Mary, had 19 children.
23 de may. de 2024 · Fifty years later King George II offered one of them, then known as 5 Downing Street (renumbered in 1779), as a personal gift to Sir Robert Walpole, the first lord of the Treasury.
Hace 4 días · The son of Britain’s first prime minister Robert Walpole, he built his country house near the banks of the Thames in the fashionable neighbourhood of Twickenham, within striking distance of...
9 de may. de 2024 · When Sir Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC was born on 26 August 1676, in Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England, his father, Colonel Robert Walpole, was 25 and his mother, Mary Burwell, was 22. He married Lady Catherine Shorter Of Bybrook on 19 May 1698, in London, England, United Kingdom.
28 de may. de 2024 · Walpole House was the first residence west of the Royal Hospital, on the south side of Paradise Row. The whole of the external appearance of the present building is from the design of Sir John Soane, and dates from 1810, with the exception of the south-west extension, which has been made since.
