Robert Walpole (pre-party formation, Tory)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_Walpole_(pre-party_formation,_Tory)
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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:birthDate 1676-08-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Houghton,_Norfolk,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St_Martin_at_Tours_Church,_Houghton,_Norfolk
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkb:Mary_Walpole
gptkb:Edward_Walpole
gptkb:Catherine_Walpole
gptkbp:createdPeerage 1742
gptkbp:deathDate 1745-03-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:father gptkb:Robert_Walpole_(senior)
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert Walpole (pre-party formation, Tory)
gptkbp:knownFor longest-serving British Prime Minister
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Castle_Rising
gptkb:King's_Lynn
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:George_I
gptkb:George_II
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Mary_Burwell
gptkbp:name gptkb:Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Excise_Crisis
gptkb:War_of_Jenkins'_Ear
gptkb:South_Sea_Bubble
gptkbp:notableFor first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
gptkbp:notableWork development of the office of Prime Minister
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1701
1742
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Whig
gptkb:Tory
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_van_Loo
gptkb:Godfrey_Kneller
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:James_Stanhope
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Houghton_Hall
gptkbp:signature Robert Walpole signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catherine_Shorter
gptkb:Maria_Skerrett
gptkbp:style gptkb:Sir_Robert_Walpole,_Bt
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Earl_of_Wilmington
gptkbp:termEnd 1742
gptkbp:termStart 1721
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conservative_and_Unionist_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6