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2 days ago · Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain [a] from 1721 to 1742.
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5 days ago · It was a sign of Walpole’s declining powers that he was unable to prevent the drift into war in 1739. The War of Jenkins’ Ear (so called after an alleged Spanish atrocity against a British merchant navy officer, Captain Robert Jenkins) was initially successful.
2 days ago · Walpole House was the first residence west of the Royal Hospital, on the south side of Paradise Row. The whole of the external appearance of the present building is from the design of Sir John Soane, and dates from 1810, with the exception of the south-west extension, which has been made since.
2 days ago · Walpole, by Arthur Pond. Robert Walpole (1676–1745) was a son of the landed gentry who rose to power in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1742. He became the first "prime minister", a term in use by 1727.
Aug 31, 2024 · Rt. Hon. Robert Walpole (afterwards Earl of Orford) (11th June, 1720). Rt. Hon. Charles Lord Cornwallis (19th April, 1721). Rt. Hon. Spencer Compton ( afterwards Earl of Wilmington ) (15th March, 1721–1722).
2 days ago · Robert Walpole is now generally regarded as the first Prime Minister, from, 1721–1742, and indeed he invented the role. [dubious – discuss] The term was applied to him by friends and foes alike by 1727. Historian Clayton Roberts summarizes his new functions:
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5 days ago · 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 youngest son,' consecrated this monument," as we have said above.
