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Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole. Origins [ edit ] She was a daughter of Sir John Shorter (born 1660), of Bybrook, in Kent, a wealthy merchant (the son of Sir John Shorter (1625–1688), Lord Mayor of London ), by his wife Elizabeth Philipps ...
- Catherine Shorter, 1682
- St Martin at Tours' Church, Houghton
Title: Catherine, Lady Walpole. Artist: After Michael Dahl (Swedish, Stockholm 1659–1743 London) Artist: John Simon (French, Normandy ca. 1675–1751 London) Publisher: Philip Overton (British, active from 1707, died 1744) Sitter: Catherine, Lady Walpole (British, ca. 1682–1737) Published in: London. Date: 1700–25. Medium: Mezzotint
Hace 1 día · Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a white marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. The square plinth is by sculptor J.M. Rysbrack surmounted by a copy of a Roman statue of Modesty by F. della Valle.
To the memory of Catherine Lady Walpole, eldest daughter of John Shorter, Esqr. of Bybrook in Kent and first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, Horace her youngest son consecrates this monument. She had beauty and wit without vice or vanity, and cultivated the Arts without affectation.
Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, died on 20 August, 1737, was buried in Houghton, Norfolk, and her son Horace had a memorial erected in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
- August 26, 1676
- March 8, 1745
Catharine Shorter, Lady Walpole, 1st wife of Sir Robert Walpole. d.1737. RCIN 663356. Description. O'D 1. 1/2 length, leaning on wall before her, full face, dark drapery dependent from the head, plain bodice cut low in front with ribbon at at bosom, arms folded before her on wall, which is partly covered with drapery. 1st state. People involved.
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 ...
