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
We thank David Hopkins, our Latin consultant, for yet again providing the Lat...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Yun Byung-Se
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea in 2014.
1 memorial
Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott
Lord Mayor of London from 1879 to 1880. Alderman on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. His son, George, was Lord Mayor from 1908 to 1909 and was the 1st Baronet Truscott of Oakleigh.
4 memorials
Morgan Fund Trustees
We guess this was a short-lived organisation, created to manage the funds raised to erect the plaque, probably in 1913.
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Deptford Station carriage ramp
SE8, Deptford High Street, Deptford Market Yard
The railway line was high above street level. The ramp provided a way of getting the railway carriages up to the tracks, and also somewhe...
2 subjects commemorated
F N Hospital - Duchess of Albany
NW8, Lisson Grove, 11 - 19, Capio Nightingale Hospital
Dirty and uncared for, but we prefer the Duchess plaque - just the way they have written the "Qu" of "Queen" endears it to us. The modern...
1 subject commemorated,
9 creators
Southgate Odeon
N14, The Bourne, 51
On this site stood the Odeon cinema 1935 - 1982 a classic example of the Odeon art deco style. Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
National Physical Laboratory
The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in B...
3 memorials
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