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Volume 1 of MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, William Coxe Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford: With Original Correspondence and Authentic Papers, Never Before Published, William Coxe: Author: William Coxe: Publisher: T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1798: Original from
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 ...
8 de jun. de 2018 · Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Orford (1676–1745). Traditionally known as Britain 's first prime minister. From a Norfolk gentry family, Walpole was the Whig MP for Castle Rising (1701–2) and King's Lynn (1702–12, 1713–42). His first posts were as secretary at war (1708) and treasurer of the navy (1710). His part in the administration ...
History Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford Grants. The title of Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1723 for Robert Walpole, in honour of and during the lifetime of his father Sir Robert Walpole, the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, with special remainder, failing male issue, to his brothers Edward and Horace, in ...
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.
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.
