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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 statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons, is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great ...
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.
Apr 1, 2021 · On 3 April 1721, Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745) became the First Lord of the Treasury and, in effect, Britain’s first Prime Minister. He remains the longest holder of this office, serving 21...
Sir Robert Walpole by Arthur Pond © Walpole was a British Whig statesman, considered to the first holder of the office of prime minister, who dominated politics in the reigns of George I and ...
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, holds a prominent place in British history as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. His political career, which spanned from 1701 to 1742, was marked by remarkable achievements, consolidating the Whig party's power and strengthening the principles of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford, (born Aug. 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Eng.—died March 18, 1745, London), English statesman generally regarded as the first British prime minister. Elected to the House of Commons in 1701, he became an active Whig parliamentarian.
Today often viewed as the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole was described by contemporary opponents as the ‘Screen-Master General’, adept at pulling all the political strings.
The English statesman Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), was the first minister to maintain continuing support for royal government by exercising both careful use of Crown patronage and untiring leadership in the House of Commons.
Professor of Modern English History, University of Cambridge, 1966–74; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1978–82. Author of England in the Eighteenth Century; Sir Robert Walpole; and others.
Jun 8, 2018 · Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745) British statesman, widely acknowledged as the first prime minister (1721–42). Following the Tory victory in the general election of 1710, Walpole was impeached for corruption, expelled from Parliament, and sent to the Tower of London (1712).
