First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, the target of Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Hogarth and Thomas Gay. Walpole responded by setting up the office of the Lord Chamberlain to vet all new plays before performance. This censorship remained in place until the office was abolished in 1968. Father of Horace.
Born Norfolk. Died London.
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Sir Robert Walpole
In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the politic...
Greater London Council Sir Robert Walpole, 1676 - 1745, Prime Minister, and ...
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For many years Chairman of the Fitzroy Park Association. Our colleague Andre...
Lord of the Manor. William Bentinck. Tory Prime Minister in 1783 and 1807-09....
