Sir Robert Walpole, 8th Baronet

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Robert_Walpole%2C_8th_Baronet
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:birth_date 1676-08-26
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_9th_Baronet
gptkb:Mary_Walpole
gptkb:Catherine_Walpole
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkbp:death_date 1745-03-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Robert Walpole, 8th Baronet
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:King_George_II
gptkb:King_George_I
gptkbp:known_for being the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Politician
Landowner
gptkbp:office gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:position_held gptkb:First_Lord_of_the_Treasury
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sir_John_Barnard
gptkb:Lord_Townshend
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_9th_Baronet
gptkb:Horace_Walpole
gptkb:Walpole_family
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Borough
gptkb:Norfolk
gptkb:Houghton_Hall
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:South_Sea_Bubble
gptkb:War_of_the_Austrian_Succession
gptkb:Jacobite_risings
gptkb:Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle
gptkbp:spouse Catherine Shorter
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Pelham
gptkbp:term_end 1742-02-02
gptkbp:term_start 1727-06-11
1721-02-04