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Robert Walpole

(1676-1745)
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742
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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 Britain.

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Born
26 August 1676
Houghton, Norfolk, England
Died
18 March 1745 (aged 68)
St James's, Middlesex, Great Britain
Zodiac Virgo
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    Maria info 1st child with Maria Skerritt Female · - · Celebrity Baby
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  • Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
    Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford info 2nd child with Catherine Walpole Male b. 1701 d. 31 Mar 1751 · Age: 49 (at death) · 1701-1751 · British peer and politician
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    Katherine info 3rd child with Catherine Walpole Female b. 13 May 1703 · Age: 322 · 1703- · Celebrity Baby
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    Mary info 4th child with Catherine Walpole Female b. 1705 · Age: 320 · 1705- · Celebrity Baby
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  • Edward Walpole
    Edward Walpole info 5th child with Catherine Walpole Male b. 1706 d. 12 Jan 1784 · Age: 77 (at death) · 1706-1784 · British politician
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  • Horace Walpole
    Horace Walpole info 6th child with Catherine Walpole Male b. 24 Sep 1717 d. 2 Mar 1797 · Age: 79 (at death) · 1717-1797 · English writer and politician
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