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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Dr George Cooper
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1 memorial
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
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1 memorial
J. E. Stanley Lewis
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1 memorial
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1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Promoseven Network
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1 memorial
Councillor W. C. Johns
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
1 memorial
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