Robert Walpole

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:House_of_Lords
House of Commons
gptkbp:birthDate 1676-08-26
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:deathDate 1745-03-18
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_1st_Earl_of_Orford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Walpole
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sir_Robert_Peel
gptkbp:knownFor being the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname The Great Commoner
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Walpole_Administration
gptkbp:office First Lord of the Treasury
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Houghton,_Norfolk
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Whiggism
gptkbp:politicalRole 1701
1742
gptkbp:positionHeld Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer
Member_of_Parliament_for_King's_Lynn
gptkbp:predecessor Charles_Talbot
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Houghton_Hall
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:South_Sea_Bubble
War of the Austrian Succession
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Jacobite Rebellion of 1715
gptkbp:spouse Catherine_Shorter
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Pelham
gptkbp:termEnd 1742-02-02
1717-06-16
1710-07-25
gptkbp:termStart 1721-04-04
1715-06-16
1701-12-26
gptkbp:title gptkb:Earl_of_Orford
gptkb:Baron_Walpole
Knight of the Garter