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Hace 3 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.
Hace 19 horas · Robert Walpole managed to wind it down with minimal political and economic damage, although some losers fled to exile or committed suicide. Robert Walpole. Robert Walpole is now generally regarded as the first Prime Minister, from, 1721–1742, and indeed he invented the role.
Hace 19 horas · Robert Walpole, George I’s Whig Prime Minister, is labelled a Tory and his rule a ‘Tory settlement’ (pp. 21, 38), although the word ‘Tory’ (from the Irish tóraidhe meaning outlaw) was initially a term of abuse for opponents of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the Protestant succession.
Hace 4 días · Once his subject succeeds to the throne, Thompson exhibits an healthy scepticism over the received narrative that it was Queen Caroline’s support which secured Robert Walpole’s continuation in the Treasury, preferring the view of the then Lord Chancellor, Peter King, that it was consequent on Walpole’s immensely hard work and constant attendance on the king.
Hace 2 días · Walpole turned it into a “style” for homes. Without Strawberry Hill, Britain’s subsequent landmark houses might have looked very different. Built over a long period between 1749 and 1790 ...
Hace 3 días · “They may ring their bells now”, said the first de facto prime minister of Britain, Sir Robert Walpole – although the prevailing sentiment today is more one of disillusionment with all ‘politicians’ – but “before long they will be wringing their hands”.
Hace 2 días · Letter of direction for 37,292l. to Robert Walpole, Treasurer of the Navy: out of Contributions on the Lottery anno 1710: and to be applied as follows: viz. £ for the [Navy] Ordinary in general: 10,000: for Wear and Tear, to wit, bills of exchange and imprests under that head: 10,000: for the Yards, to complete the payment of 1708 Michaelmas ...
