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Hace 3 días · 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."
Hace 5 días · CROSTWICK. Ralph Lord Bainard had a grant of this lordship; and at the survey, Geffrey (Baynard) held it under Ralph; 12 freemen in King Edward's time had 150 acres of land, and there were 12 borderers, with 16 acres of meadow, and 3 carucates and an half, valued at 27s. at the survey at 22s. 4d. the whole was one leuca long, 7 furlongs broad, and paid 10d. gelt. St. Bennet's abbey had the ...
Hace 2 días · No. 71 Pall Mall: Sir Edward Walpole's house. Occupied part of the site of the Oxford and Cambridge University Club. In December 1726 Thomas Ripley, Comptroller of the King's Works, petitioned the Crown for a lease of a plot on the south side of Pall Mall on which stood three small houses, one fronting the street and the other two at the back.
Hace 2 días · WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS. "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the sacred ground. Where Tudors and Plantagenets were lying all around; I stepp'd with noiseless foot, as though the sound of mortal tread. Might burst the bands of the dreamless sleep that wraps the mighty dead!" Ingoldsby Legends.
Hace 1 día · Whig politician Sir Robert Walpole recognized the extent of Caroline‘s sway and curried her favor to maintain his position as the king‘s chief minister. The Queen was also a noted philanthropist and patron of the arts, including composer George Frideric Handel. Her unexpected death in 1737 left King George bereft. 4.
Hace 2 días · Clue & Answer Definitions. WALPOLE (noun) English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797) Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745) BRITAIN (noun) a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and ...
Hace 4 días · CHELSEA HOSPITAL. The Chudleighs, the father and mother of Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston, (fn. 1) lived in the college, and the future duchess, as a girl, used to romp and play in its galleries and gardens. They were friends of Sir Robert Walpole, who resided at no great distance.
