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Hace 5 días · Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford (born August 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England—died March 18, 1745, London) 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.
- John Plumb
Hace 5 días · His house, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, built and furnished under his close supervision, is a masterpiece of Palladian architecture. To the distress of his son Horace, the famous man of letters, Walpole’s collection of pictures was sold to the empress of Russia by Walpole’s grandson George in 1779.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Commissioned by Great Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, this majestic country house stands as a spectacle of grandeur, history, and artistic significance. Set against the lush countryside of Norfolk, Houghton Hall not only served as a home to England’s foremost political family but also as a repository for one of the ...
27 de mar. de 2024 · Houghton Hall was built in the 1720s for Sir Robert Walpole, ... Walpole's great-grandson, ... and will look sensational against the backdrop of the house," Cholmondeley said in a 2023 press ...
28 de mar. de 2024 · Houghton Hall was built in the 1720s for Sir Robert Walpole, the first prime minister of Britain. Walpole's great-grandson, the 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley, inherited the estate in the...
Hace 3 días · His banking house for the English, Scottish and Australian Bank in Melbourne has been described as "the Australian masterpiece of neo-Gothic". This claim has also been made for Edmund Blacket 's MacLaurin Hall at the University of Sydney , [153] which sits in the quadrangle complex described as "arguably the most important group of Gothic and Tudor Revival style architecture in Australia".
27 de feb. de 2024 · The house was open to tourists and became widely known in Walpole’s own lifetime. He established a private press on the grounds, where he printed his own works and those of his friends, notably Gray’s Odes of 1757.
