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Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London) before 1753 Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and inscribed sheet: (a): Coat of Arms of George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and (b): Notes on changes to be applied to manuscript text before printing
George died without heirs in 1791, and was succeeded as 4th earl and 3rd baron by his uncle, Horace Walpole, the famous man of letters and builder of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. With the death of Horace in 1797 the earldom of Orford became extinct. It was revived by Horatio (d. 1809), 2nd and 4th baron Walpole, who was created the 1st earl of ...
On his father's death, 31 March 1751, he succeeded as 3rd Earl of Orford. On the death of his mother in 1781 he became the sixteenth Baron Clinton. An intended marriage to an heiress, Margaret Nicoll was disrupted by his uncle Lord Walpole of Wolterton. Instead, Margaret married the Duke of Chandos. Orford was a celebrated falconer.
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford. by William Camden Edwards, after Jean Etienne Liotard etching, 1844 Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London) before 1753 Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and inscribed sheet: (a): Coat of Arms of George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and (b): Notes on changes to be applied to manuscript text before printing
8 de jun. de 2018 · Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745) British statesman, widely acknowledged as the first prime minister (1721–42). Following the Tory victory in the general election of 1710, Walpole was impeached for corruption, expelled from Parliament, and sent to the Tower of London (1712). A Whig martyr, he was reinstated on the ...
Both the Earl of Orford and his wife Baroness Clinton were succeeded in all their titles by their son George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and 16th Baron Clinton (1730–1791), a celebrated falconer, who left no legitimate children and died insane. Career. Robert Walpole held the following posts at some time between 1701 and 1751:
