Walpole

WALPOLE, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford (1676-1745)
Born at Houghton.
Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge
MP for Castle Rising 1701, and for King's Lynn, 1702.
Secretary-at-war, 1708 and treasurer of the navy, 1710.
Sent to the Tower for alleged corruption, 1712.
Made privy councillor by George I.
Appointed chancellor of the Exchequer and first lord of the Treasury, 1715, resigning in 1717.
Paymaster-general, 1720
Re-appointed first lord of the T|reasury and chancellor of the Exchequer, 1721, after the scandal of the "South-Sea bubble", and became effective prime minister.
Resigned 1742; created Earl of Orford.
Died at Arlington Street, London, 2 Feb 1745.
See: Burnham Thorpe; Burnham Norton; Burnham Overy (White's 1854); and New Houghton.


Horatio WALPOLE, created Lord Walpole, of Wolferton by George II
See: Burnham Thorpe (White's 1854)

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