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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.
Various artists/makers. 1700–25. Not on view. Dahl's half-length painting of Sir Robert's wife Catherine shows the sitter as a young woman and hangs today at Houghton Hall today. In actuality, Lady Walpole did not feel comfortable at Houghton and preferred her house on Dover Street, London.
Hace 5 días · 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.
On 30 July 1700, Walpole married Catherine Shorter (1682–1737), the eldest daughter and co-heiress of John Shorter of Bybrook in Ashford, Kent (the son of Sir John Shorter (1625–1688), Lord Mayor of London) by his wife Elizabeth Philipps (born c. 1664), a daughter of Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet.
Biography. Lady Walpole was the only known daughter of Thomas Skerret, a wealthy London merchant. On her marriage to Walpole in 1738 she paid a dowry of £30,000. Walpole had become estranged from his first wife, Catherine, and took a series of mistresses.
In the centre, between the knights' stalls, is the royal vault, wherein George II. and his queen, Caroline, are buried, together with the Prince and Princess of Wales, two Dukes of Cumberland, the Duke of York, Prince Frederick William, and the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Elizabeth, Louisa, and Anne.
Husband of Catherine (Shorter) Walpole — married 30 Jul 1700 in England. Husband of Maria (Skerrett) Walpole — married about 1738 (to 4 Jun 1738) [location unknown] Descendants. Father of Robert Walpole, Mary (Walpole) Cholmondeley, Edward Walpole M.P., Horatio Walpole and Maria (Walpole) Churchill. Died 8 Mar 1745 at age 68 in London, England.
