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9 de mai. de 2024 · Discover life events, stories and photos about Sir Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (1676–1745) of Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England.
19 de mai. de 2024 · The house was occupied first by its creator, Edward Russell, earl of Orford, and then by Sir Robert Walpole, PaymasterGeneral, from 1714. (fn. 11) Walpole employed Sir John Vanbrugh to enlarge the house, and design stables and coachhouse and garden buildings including the surviving orangery.
15 de mai. de 2024 · Horace Walpole youngest son of Sr. Robt. Walpole, Earl of Orford / [graphic] Alternative Title Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford Creator McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker Contributor Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792, artist.
15 de mai. de 2024 · Inserted into Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of the 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) when the volume was rebound soon after 1844. Sotheby's, 26 July 1855 (Charles Meigh Sale), lot 1822, to Toovey; Anderson, 12 November 1919 (Avery Sale), lot 961, to George D. Smith for the Spencer Collection in the New York Public Library, $375.
11 de mai. de 2024 · Publisher: Oxford University Press Published online: 2014 Current Online Version: 2014 eISBN: 9780191735240
22 de mai. de 2024 · Answer: Earl of Orford The Earl of Oxford was the title of Robert Harley one of Walpole's bitterest enemies. The Orford title became extinct in 1797 on the death of Robert Walpole's son Horace, the writer.
7 de mai. de 2024 · This biography traces Sir Robert Walpole's ministry, the longest since the Revolution of 1688 and looks into why he has been called "the first Prime Minister". It discusses why he refused to delegate power, his cavalier treatment of press and stage which led to many enemies and the inevitable parallel of his style of administration ...
