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Lies, damn lies and sleaze ; The Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole By Edward Pearce JONATHAN CAPE [pound]25 (485pp)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, was the most despicable creature...depravity. Almost singlehandedly Walpole turned the Whig party into a byword...to be borne in mind. One is that Walpole could not have achieved British isolationism...
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Walpole's Roman legion: antique sculpture at Houghton Hall: Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, acquired a great art collection for Houghton Hall in Norfolk. His pictures were sold to Catherine the Great in the 18th century, but his classical busts remain. Elizabeth Angelicoussis discusses their origins and their meaning for Walpole.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; Robert Walpole dominated political life in England...maintained for around 50 years. (1) Walpole, created 1st Earl of Orford after his forced resignation in 1742...building process. (2) Although Walpole was anxious to present himself as...
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Round and about: September 2002.
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...and Sepsis September 1st, 2.30pm The Old...September 18th to December 1st Dulwich Picture Gallery...Masterpieces from the Walpole Collection September...in 1778-79 by Sir Robert Walpole's grandson, the 3rd Earl of Orford, to Catherine the...
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Even the dog's pillow: the publication of a series of inventories provides a vivid insight into life in nine great English houses in the 18th century.(book)(Noble Households: Eighteenth-Century Inventories of Great English Houses: A Tribute to John Cornforth)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...relates to Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638...the death of George, 3rd Earl of Orford (1717-91), grandson of Sir Robert Walpole, for whom Houghton had been...was annotated by Horace Walpole (1717-98), who had inherited...
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Robert Walpole Orford, 1st earl of
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st earl of see Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford .
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Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford 1676-1745, English statesman. Early...was regularly returned thereafter. Walpole soon made his mark as a hardworking...Townshend , and James Stanhope (later 1st Earl Stanhope). The dismissal of...
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Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Orford
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Orford (1676–1745). Traditionally...minister. From a Norfolk gentry family, Walpole was the Whig MP for Castle Rising...x2010;general, being promoted to 1st lord of the Treasury and chancellor...
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Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745) British...in the general election of 1710, Walpole was impeached for corruption, expelled...reinstated on the accession of George I . Walpole resigned as chancellor of the exchequer...
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Robert Walpole
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Robert Walpole 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...
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