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Sir Edward Walpole KB PC (Ire) (1706 – 12 January 1784) was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.
Robert Walpole, 1.° conde de Orford (Houghton, Norfolk, 1676 - Londres, 1745), conocido entre 1725 y 1742 como Sir Robert Walpole, fue un destacado político inglés, considerado de facto como la primera persona en ocupar el cargo de primer ministro del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña.
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Edward Walpole (Jesuit) Edward Walpole (1560–1637), alias Rich, was an English Roman Catholic convert, who became known as a Jesuit missioner and preacher. He passed up substantial estates that subsequently became part of the fortune of the Walpole political family.
The Walpole family ( / ˈwɔːlˌpoʊl, ˈwɒl -/) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable country houses including Houghton Hall. Heads of this family have traditionally been the Earl of Orford.
Este destacado político inglés había nacido en la localidad de Houghton, Inglaterra en 1676 y falleció en Londres en 1745 y está considerado por la historia como el primer Primer Ministro del Reino de Gran Bretaña y ocupó este cargo durante más de 20 años, en el período comprendido entre 1721 y 1742.
Hon. Edward Walpole (1706-1784) Born: 1706. Clerk of the Pells. Died: 12th January 1784 at Isleworth, Middlesex. Edward was the second son of the first Prime Minster of Great Britain, Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, and his first wife, Catherine daughter of John Shorter of Bybrook in Kent.
Edward Walpole was not able to marry his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715?-1739), who had been a milliner’s assistant in London and was the daughter of a postmaster in County Durham, due to his father’s threat of disinheritance.
