Sir Robert Walpole

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St_Martin's_Church,_Houghton,_Norfolk
gptkbp:child gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1676-08-26
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1745-03-18
gptkbp:father gptkb:Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Robert Walpole
gptkbp:knownFor establishing the office of Prime Minister
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:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Excise_Crisis
gptkb:War_of_Jenkins'_Ear
gptkb:South_Sea_Bubble
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkbp:notableWork de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1701
1742
gptkbp:party gptkb:Whig
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Houghton,_Norfolk,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_van_Loo
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:The_Earl_of_Sunderland
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:10_Downing_Street
gptkb:Houghton_Hall
gptkbp:signature Robert Walpole Signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Catherine_Shorter
gptkb:Maria_Skerrett
gptkbp:style gptkb:The_Earl_of_Orford
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:successor gptkb:The_Earl_of_Wilmington
gptkbp:termEnd 1742
gptkbp:termStart 1721
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Earl_of_Orford
Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oxford_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4