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George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (2 April 1730 – 5 December 1791), was a British administrator, politician, and peer . Life. Lord Orford was the only child of the 2nd Earl of Orford and his wife Margaret Rolle, who was Baroness Clinton in her own right. His parents separated shortly after his birth.
- 2 April 1730
- Walpole family
- 5 December 1791 (aged 61)
Hace 4 días · George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730 - 1791) RA Collection: People and Organisations. Grandson of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford (1676-1745); nephew of author Horace Walpole, fourth Earl of Orford (1717-97). Profile. Born: 1730. Died: 1791. Share. Associated books. 1 results.
Details. individual; British; Male. Life dates. 1730-1791. Biography. Grandson of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (q.v.); 1751, succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Walpole of Walpole and 3rd Earl of Orford; 1773, declared insane.
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford. by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. pen and ink, 1751-1758. NPG 4855 (66) Find out more >. Buy a print. Buy as a greetings card. Use this image.
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730-1791), Rake and eccentric. Sitter associated with 6 portraits.
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford. by George Townshend, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend. pen and ink, 1751-1758. 13 in. x 8 1/4 in. (330 mm x 205 mm) Bequeathed by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, 1971. Primary Collection. NPG 4855 (66) Sitter. George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1730-1791), Rake and eccentric.
On the death of his father, the 2nd Earl, in 1751, George Walpole succeeded as 3rd Earl of Orford. On the death of his mother in 1781 he became the sixteenth Baron Clinton. Today his is largely remembered for selling over two hundred paintings from his grandfather's collection at Houghton Hall, Norfolk to the Catherine the Great in 1779.
