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15 de abr. de 2024 · Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford was a British statesman (in power 1721–42), generally regarded as the first British prime minister. He deliberately cultivated a frank, hearty manner, but his political subtlety has scarcely been equaled.
Both the Earl of Orford and his wife Baroness Clinton were succeeded in all their titles by their son George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and 16th Baron Clinton (1730–1791), a celebrated falconer, who left no legitimate children and died insane. Career. Robert Walpole held the following posts at some time between 1701 and 1751:
Title: Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701–1751) Artist: Medalist: Jacques-Antoine Dassier (Swiss, Geneva 1715–1759 Copenhagen) Date: 1744. Culture: Swiss.
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Lady Rachel Cavendish. Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (13 or 24 June 1752 – 15 June 1822), styled The Honourable Horatio Walpole between 1757 and 1806 and Lord Walpole between 1806 and 1809, was a British peer and politician.
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. (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 ...
