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Hace 4 días · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the 1670s and ...
Hace 5 días · 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. After employing architect William Kent to join the house with a larger one behind it, Walpole took up occupancy in 1735 on the condition that the building ...
Hace 2 días · War of the Spanish Succession. The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire amongst supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
Hace 4 días · Robert Walpole. Robert Walpole was a British politician who is often regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He served as Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742 and held influence over British politics in the early 18th century. Walpole was a member of the Whig Party and is known for stabilizing the British government and promoting ...
Hace 2 días · The school is the largest boarding school in England ahead of Millfield and Oundle. [10] Eton charges up to £49,998 per year (£16,666 per term, with three terms per academic year, for 2023/24). [11] Eton was noted as being the sixth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK in 2013–14.
Hace 3 días · Rt. Hon. Robert Walpole (afterwards Earl of Orford) (11th June, 1720). Rt. Hon. Charles Lord Cornwallis (19th April, 1721). Rt. Hon. Spencer Compton ( afterwards Earl of Wilmington ) (15th March, 1721–1722).
Hace 2 días · Overlooking this monument is a beautiful piece of sculpture, also the work of an Italian artist, named Valory, to the memory of Catherine, Lady Walpole. The statue stands upon a square pedestal, upon which is an inscription which states that she was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, and that " 'Horace, her youngest son,' consecrated this monument," as we have ...
