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    Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician...
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  • Shelley Walpole (born 17 September 1965) is a British former professional tennis player. She is now known by her married name, Shelley Roxburgh. Walpole, the...
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    Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in...
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    Spencer Horatio Walpole QC (11 September 1806 – 22 May 1898) was a British Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the...
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  • Colonel Robert Walpole (18 November 1650 – 18 November 1700) was an English Whig politician and militia officer who served as a member of parliament for...
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    Sir Spencer Walpole KCB, FBA (6 February 1839 – 7 July 1907) was an English historian and civil servant. He came of the younger branch of the de facto...
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    a Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797) from 1749 onward. It is a typical example of the "Strawberry...
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    Robert Walpole, de facto acknowledged to have been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, who at the same time was created Viscount Walpole and Baron...
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  • the Financial Times. The aim was to ‘promote British excellence’. The name was changed to Walpole in 1992 in honour of Robert Walpole – the de facto...
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    Aaron John Walpole (born March 7, 1979) is a Canadian actor and singer, who placed third on the third season of Canadian Idol. He is best known for playing...
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    rather than Walpole, to write his first speech as king, but Compton asked Walpole to draft it. Caroline advised George to retain Walpole, who continued...
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    Charles Farrell (category People from Walpole, Massachusetts)
    1900, in South Walpole, Massachusetts, the younger of two. The family moved to East Walpole when Farrell was 4 and he later attended Walpole High School...
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    a new role, that of "prime minister", emerged in the heyday of Robert Walpole. The "South Sea Bubble" economic crisis was brought on by the failure of...
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  • Walpole Park is a 28-acre (110,000 m2) Grade II municipal park, situated in Ealing (West London), England. Currently governed by Ealing Council, it was...
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    Walpole Street is a street in Chelsea, London, running north-west to south-east from King's Road to St Leonard's Terrace and Burton's Court. The MacDonald...
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    176; Black, Walpole in Power, p. 20. Black, Walpole in Power, pp. 19–20, and Dickinson, pp. 61–62. Dickinson, p. 63. e.g. Black, Walpole in Power, pp...
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  • Robert Harley, Queen Anne's lord treasurers and chief ministers. Robert Walpole is regarded as the first prime minister; he became First Lord of the Treasury...
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    The Walpole collection was a collection of paintings and other works of art at Houghton Hall in Norfolk and at other residences of Sir Robert Walpole. Many...
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    Houghton Hall (category Robert Walpole)
    commissioned by the de facto first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in 1722, and is a key building in the history of Neo-Palladian architecture...
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    Galfridus Walpole (1683 – 7 August 1726) was a Royal Navy officer, politician and postmaster general of the Kingdom of Great Britain. He lost his right...
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