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Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Origins [ edit ] She was a daughter of Sir John Shorter (born 1660), of Bybrook, in Kent, a wealthy merchant (the son of Sir John Shorter (1625–1688), Lord Mayor of London ), by his wife Elizabeth Philipps (born c. 1664), a daughter of Sir Erasmus ...
9 de jun. de 2023 · The enigmatic Brown Lady is believed to be Dorothy Walpole (1686-1726), the sister of Robert Walpole, who is often credited as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Due to her scandalous and tragic life, she is said to have become a restless spirit and her presence lingers on at Raynham Hall.
Robert Walpole, 1. jarl af Orford (født 26. august 1676 i Norfolk, død 18. marts 1745 i City of Westminster) var en engelsk politiker, som var medlem af Underhuset for Whig-partiet fra 1701 til 1742. Robert Walpole anses som den første britiske premierminister, en post han tiltrådte den 4. april 1721 og fratrådte den 11. februar 1742 .
By the 1730s, Walpole lived openly with his mistress Maria Skerrett, with whom he had already had a daughter. In March 1738, Walpole married her. But Maria died just a few months later in childbirth. Before leaving office, Walpole arranged to have his illegitimate daughter legitimised, and she became ‘Lady Maria Walpole’.
Lady Walpole's lover at that time was reported to be Lord Hervey. Catherine and Robert Walpole had six children. Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701-31 March 1751), who married Margaret Rolle (17 January 1709 – 13 January 1781), later the 15th Baroness Clinton, on 26 March 1724 and had one son.
Maria, Lady Walpole (née Skerritt, Skerrett, or Skerret; 1702 – 4 June 1738) was the second wife of British politician and Prime Minister Robert Walpole from before 3 March 1738 until her death in childbirth (miscarriage) a few months later. She was buried on the Walpole estate at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, England.
