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19 de jun. de 2024 · Both Pelham and Newcastle were overshadowed by their more famous predecessor Robert Walpole and by their charismatic successor, William Pitt the Elder. Like Walpole, both brothers regarded themselves as staunchly Whig though their ideology was by no means clear-cut.
Hace 6 días · Horace Walpole (born September 24, 1717, London, England—died March 2, 1797, London) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector known for his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first Gothic novel in the English language and one of the earliest literary horror stories.
Hace 5 días · It had its greatest width upon the river and adjoined the land sold later to the Earl of Carbery on the south-west. Here was built the house which later became the home of Sir Robert Walpole, and portions of which still exist in the Hospital Infirmary.
17 de jun. de 2024 · He and his brother-in-law Robert Walpole (later earl of Orford) then formed an effective opposition movement within the Whig Party. After the two Whig factions were reconciled in 1720, Townshend became president of the Privy Council and (in 1721) secretary of state.
Hace 3 días · Hereupon Sir Robert Walpole, having shew'd the Nature and State of the publick Debts, and the Operation and Essicacy of the Sinking Fund, strenuously maintain'd the Assertion contain'd in the Motion.
Hace 4 días · The house was occupied first by its creator, Edward Russell, earl of Orford, and then by Sir Robert Walpole, PaymasterGeneral, from 1714. (fn. 11) Walpole employed Sir John Vanbrugh to enlarge the house, and design stables and coachhouse and garden buildings including the surviving orangery.
21 de jun. de 2024 · Hasta que en 1905 se reconoció oficialmente el título de Primer Ministro, previo a esto sólo se había usado a modo de critica cuando durante el reinado de Jorge I, se había nombrado como “Primer Lord del Tesoro” a Robert Walpole, el cual según la sociedad de la época había tenido demasiado poder.
