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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Other Subjects
2 memorials
F. Claridge
District Staff Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1902-1950. Commander in the Order of St John.
Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Captain Henry Penton, MP
MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.
1 memorial
Richard Elgin McGarvie
Judge and then Governor of Victoria, Australia, 1992 - 7.
1 memorial
1 memorial
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