Robert Walpole, 1st Viscount Walpole

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Robert_Walpole,_1st_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:birth_date 1676-08-26
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:death_date 1745-03-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Walpole, 1st Viscount Walpole
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Sir_Robert_Howard
gptkbp:known_for being the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:office gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Lord_of_the_Treasury
gptkb:Paymaster_of_the_Forces
Leader of the House of Commons
Member of Parliament for Castle Rising
Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth
Member of Parliament for Norfolk
Privy Councillor
Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
Baron of the Exchequer
Member of Parliament for Westminster
First Commissioner of the Treasury
Member of Parliament for Lynn Regis
Member of Parliament for St. Ives
Member of Parliament for Thetford
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:First_Lord_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Charles_Talbot,_1st_Baron_Talbot
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:George_II_of_Great_Britain
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Houghton_Hall
gptkbp:spouse Catherine Shorter
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Pelham
gptkbp:term_end 1742-02-02
gptkbp:term_start 1721-04-04