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
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Fountain Tavern
In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the politic...
Robert & Horace Walpole
Greater London Council Sir Robert Walpole, 1676 - 1745, Prime Minister, and ...
St Margaret's new tower - 1736
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Freedom Press
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Councillor P. O'Brien
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
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W. H. Walkley
Churchwarden at Mary Magdelene Church, Islington 1894.
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Adrianne Uziell-Hamilton
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John Ball
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Rev. Stephen Charles Rees-Jones
LMA refers to this man in association with leases for Holy Trinity School, 1915 - 26, giving his address as 45 Thornhill Road (the vicarage). Kelly's Directory helpfully informs that from 1926 he h...
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