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Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701 - 1751) RA Collection: People and Organisations Profile. Born: 1701 Died: 1751. Share
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. (1676-1745), Prime Minister. Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 27 portraits. In all but name, Robert Walpole was Britain’s first Prime Minister between 1721 and 1742. A Whig statesman, he came to power in the wake of the ‘South Sea Bubble’. This was a financial crash based on ...
Print, copper etching, Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701-1751) (after Rosalba Carriera) by William Camden Edwards (1777-1855). The Right Hon Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, ob 1751. From a drawing inc rayons by Rosalba. Etched by W.C. Edwards.
Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford, (born Aug. 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Eng.—died March 18, 1745, London), English statesman generally regarded as the first British prime minister. Elected to the House of Commons in 1701, he became an active Whig parliamentarian. He served as secretary at war (1708–10) and as treasurer of the navy ...
20 de nov. de 2014 · Today often viewed as the first British Prime Minister, Walpole was described by contemporary opponents as the ‘Screen-Master General’, adept at pulling all the political strings. Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford, was born on 26 August 1676 at Houghton in Norfolk. His father, another Robert, was a prominent Norfolk landowner and MP.
Horatio [Walpole], 2nd Baron Walpole (of Wolterton) later 4th Baron Walpole (of Walpole) later 1st Earl of Orford. 1st son and hr. of Horatio [Walpole], 1st Baron Walpole (by his wife Mary Magdalen Lombard, dau. and cohrss. of Peter Lombard, of Burnham Thorpe, co. Norfolk), next brother to Robert [Walpole], 1st Earl of Orford. born. 12 Jun 1723 ...
18 de ago. de 2023 · Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
