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Barony in the Peerage of Great Britain
Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. Since 1797 holders also hold the title of Baron Walpole
Baron_Walpole
British politician (1938–2021)
Robert Horatio Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole of Walpole, 8th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (8 December 1938 – 8 May 2021), was a British politician who, as
Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole
Robert_Walpole,_10th_Baron_Walpole
British diplomat and politician
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757) was a British diplomat and politician who served as the British ambassador to
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
Horatio_Walpole,_1st_Baron_Walpole
British aristocratic family
Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, resided at Mannington Hall. Wolterton Hall has been undergoing restoration since 2016. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Baron Walpole
Walpole_family
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, was his younger brother. As a child, Walpole attended a private school at Massingham, Norfolk. Walpole entered Eton
Robert_Walpole
English Whig politician and militia officer
the father of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kngdom. Walpole is the ancestor of all the Barons Walpole and Earls of Orford, of
Robert_Walpole_(colonel)
British Whig politician
politician. Walpole was the eldest son and heir of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole and his wife, Mary Magdalen Lombard.[citation needed] He was admitted
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
Horatio_Walpole,_1st_Earl_of_Orford
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
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 Walpole
Earl_of_Orford
British diplomat
Sciences, the board of the Royal Albert Hall. Walpole is a daughter of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, and his first wife, Judith Chaplin (née Schofield
Alice_Walpole
Title in the Peerage of England
Earl of Bedford (1550), Baron Russell, of Cheneys (1539), Baron Russell of Thornhaugh in the County of Northampton (1603), and Baron Howland, of Streatham
Duke_of_Bedford
British politician, writer, historian and antiquarian (1717–1797)
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ˈwɔːlpoʊl/; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was a British Whig politician, writer
Horace_Walpole
Name list
Robert Walpole (1650–1700) of Houghton Hall in Norfolk) married Dorothy Walpole, one of the latter's daughters and a sister of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
Horatio
Historic house in Norfolk, England
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and completed in 1742. It was designed by the architect Thomas Ripley who was a protégé of Lord Walpole and
Wolterton_Hall
British politician (1701–1751)
was thus raised to the peerage as Baron Walpole, of Walpole in the County of Norfolk. Circa 26 March 1724 Lord Walpole married the 15-year-old heiress Margaret
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
Robert_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
British peer, diplomat, soldier and Royal Navy officer
Frances Walpole, daughter of Francis Walpole (grandson of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, and nephew of Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford), Orford succeeded
Robert Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford
Robert_Walpole,_5th_Earl_of_Orford
British heiress (1709–1781)
1st Baron Walpole, later 2nd Earl of Orford (1701–1751) and eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole, she gave birth to a legitimate heir, George Walpole, 3rd
Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clinton
Margaret_Rolle,_15th_Baroness_Clinton
English politician
English politician. He was the 19th Baron of Galtrim. He married Mary Walpole, daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament
Thomas_Hussey_(Aylesbury_MP)
British politician
of Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (of Wolterton), brother of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of
Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
Horatio_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford
British diplomat
Robert Walpole (3 May 1736 – 19 April 1810), from 1756 styled The Hon. Robert Walpole, was the fourth son of the 1st Baron Walpole, who was the younger
Robert_Walpole_(diplomat)
British administrator, politician and peer
became the sixteenth Baron Clinton. An intended marriage to an heiress, Margaret Nicoll, was disrupted by his uncle Lord Walpole of Wolterton. Instead
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
George_Walpole,_3rd_Earl_of_Orford
British Conservative politician
grandfather was Thomas Walpole, son of the diplomat the 1st Baron Walpole, younger brother of Prime Minister the 1st Earl of Orford. Walpole was educated at
Spencer_Horatio_Walpole
Historic house in Norfolk, England
Robert Walpole. Barons Walpole of Walpole In 1931 the estates of Wolterton and Mannington were left to Robert Walpole, the 9th Baron Walpole of Walpole (who
Mannington_Hall
British MP and banker
the 1st Baron Walpole and his wife Telisha, nee Lombard, he was the nephew of Sir Robert Walpole, the prime minister from 1721 to 1742. Walpole entered
Thomas_Walpole
Topics referred to by the same term
Horatio Walpole may refer to: Horatio Walpole (died 1717) (1663–1717), MP for Castle Rising Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (1678–1757) Horace Walpole, 4th
Horatio_Walpole
precedence among barons is: Barons of England Lords of Parliament of Scotland Barons of Great Britain Barons of Ireland created before 1801 Barons of the United
List of barons in the peerages of Britain and Ireland
List_of_barons_in_the_peerages_of_Britain_and_Ireland
British politician (1783–1858)
line of descent into these related earls. His grandfather, the 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, was Sir Robert's brother. Orford succeeded his father
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
Horatio_Walpole,_3rd_Earl_of_Orford
Topics referred to by the same term
Walpole (1913–1989), holder of Baron Walpole Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole (1938–2021), British politician Robert Walpole, Irish producer of such films
Robert Walpole (disambiguation)
Robert_Walpole_(disambiguation)
English historian and civil servant (1839–1907)
prime minister, Robert Walpole who revived the Whig Party, being a patrilineal descendant of one of his brothers, the 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton. His father
Spencer_Walpole
British peer
Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden, Baron Gilbey (born 16 March 1965), is a British hereditary peerand a member of the House of
Richard Gilbey, 12th Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Richard_Gilbey,_12th_Baron_Vaux_of_Harrowden
System of British noble titles from 1707 to 1800
the peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Marquesses, earls, viscounts and barons are all addressed as 'Lord X', where 'X' represents
Peerage_of_Great_Britain
Barony in the Peerage of England
Baron Russell of Thornhaugh is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1603 for the English military leader, the Honourable Sir William Russell
Baron_Russell_of_Thornhaugh
Title in the Peerage of England
the Crown. The third creation came in 1550 in favour of John Russell, 1st Baron Russell. For more information on this creation, see Duke of Bedford (1694
Earl_of_Bedford
British peer and Conservative politician
Horatio William Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (18 April 1813 – 7 December 1894), styled Lord Walpole between 1822 and 1858, was a British peer and Conservative
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (third creation)
Horatio_Walpole,_4th_Earl_of_Orford_(third_creation)
in capacity as Baron Salterford Qualified for the house in capacity as Baron Northington Qualified for the house in capacity as Baron Sudley Joined UKIP
List of excepted hereditary peers
List_of_excepted_hereditary_peers
Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
that peerage and its subsidiary titles. In 2026, the 7th earl was created Baron Russell of Forest Hill for life. This will allow him to continue to sit
Earl_Russell
Surname list
Walpole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Walpole is an English toponymic surname from either Walpole, Norfolk or Walpole, Suffolk. Aaron Walpole (born
Walpole_(surname)
First spouse of the prime minister of Great Britain
Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway, and was the mother of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. In 1700, she married Sir Robert Walpole of Houghton
Catherine_Walpole
Topics referred to by the same term
Maria, Lady Walpole (1702–1738), second wife of Robert Walpole Lady Elizabeth Walpole (1682–1736), sister of Robert Walpole Baron Walpole, a title in
Lady_Walpole
English businessman (1878–1945)
(1881–1918) was the grandfather of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, the father of diplomat Alice Walpole. This record was beaten by 42 minutes on Friday
Lionel_Martin
Elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1757–1835)
maternal grandmother Mary was the sister of Robert Walpole and of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton. A younger brother was naval commander
William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson
William_Nelson,_1st_Earl_Nelson
English courtier and political writer
writer. Heir to the Earl of Bristol, he obtained the key patronage of Walpole, and was involved in many court intrigues and literary quarrels, being
John_Hervey,_2nd_Baron_Hervey
British politician (1708–1781)
made Dashwood a violent opponent of Robert Walpole's administration. He sponsored George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe's membership of the Dilettanti. During
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
Francis_Dashwood,_11th_Baron_le_Despencer
English Anglican priest, bishop, teacher and author
Seymour Walpole was a son of the classical scholar Robert Walpole, grandson of diplomat Robert Walpole, and great-grandson of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
Somerset_Walpole
Topics referred to by the same term
aristocratic family Baron Walpole, a title in the Peerage of Great Britain Walpole G. Colerick (1845–1911), American politician Walpole Vidal (1853–1914)
Walpole_(disambiguation)
Earldom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
grandmother Mary was the sister of both the 1st Earl of Orford and the 1st Baron Walpole. Their fifth but third-surviving son was the renowned naval commander
Earl_Nelson
List of events
Bolingbroke, statesman and philosopher (died 1751) 8 December – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, diplomat (died 1757) 14 December – Daniel Neal,
1678_in_England
Baron Walpole 1 June 1723 Walpole Extant also Viscount Walpole and Earl of Orford from 1745 to 1797; also Baron Clinton from 1781 to 1791; also Baron
List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain
List_of_hereditary_baronies_in_the_Peerage_of_Great_Britain
Day of the year
Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (died 1762) 1678 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France
December_8
County of Devon, in 2010. OBE. Ex-wife of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole. Mother of Alice Walpole, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg.
List of female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
List_of_female_members_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
British politician (1939–1993)
Anglia. She married Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, in 1962. They had two sons and two daughters, including Alice Walpole, British Ambassador to Luxembourg
Judith_Chaplin
Royal Navy officer and politician (1726–1778)
reward you." Suckling married his cousin Mary Walpole, daughter of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, on 20 June 1764. The marriage further increased
Maurice_Suckling
Historic villa in Twickenham, London
Hill—is a Gothic Revival villa in Twickenham, London, built by Horace Walpole from 1749 onward. It is the prototypical example of the "Strawberry Hill
Strawberry_Hill_House
Former office in the English Exchequer
Baronet 1738 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 1741 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole 1757 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave April 1763 Robert Henley
Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer
Teller_of_the_Receipt_of_the_Exchequer
Village in Norfolk, England
died in Itteringham. Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole- (1938-2021) politician and peer, Lord of Mannington Hall. Alice Walpole OBE- (b.1963) diplomat, grew-up
Itteringham
death in 1835. 1680–1717: William Blathwayt 1717–1757: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole 1757–1804: Robert Cholmondeley 1804–1835: Robert Haldane Bradshaw
Surveyor and Auditor-General of the Plantations
Surveyor_and_Auditor-General_of_the_Plantations
British politician
Wilmington, Henry Pelham, Arthur Onslow, Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and even Sir Robert Walpole himself. Wyndham married twice. His first
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
Sir_William_Wyndham,_3rd_Baronet
English botanist (1759–1838)
married Francis Walpole (d. 1861), son of Hon. Robert Walpole, son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, brother of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of
Thomas_Andrew_Knight
Hereditary title in the Peerage of England
Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Baron Clinton (d. 1667). Margaret Rolle was the widow of Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (d. 1751) and the daughter
Baron_Clinton
English classical scholar (1781–1856)
his first wife, Diana, daughter of Walter Grosset(t); Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, was his grandfather. He was educated at Charterhouse School.
Robert Walpole (classical scholar)
Robert_Walpole_(classical_scholar)
Joseph Sidney Yorke, Naval Lord Frederick John Robinson Horatio Walpole, Baron Walpole 25 March 1812: Commission. Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount
List of lords commissioners of the Admiralty
List_of_lords_commissioners_of_the_Admiralty
Calendar year
de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771) December 8 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English diplomat (d. 1757) December 13 – Yongzheng Emperor of
1678
Calendar year
Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1664) February 5 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English diplomat (b. 1678) March 1 – Edward Moore, English writer
1757
Government of Great Britain
The Walpole ministry was led by Whig Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, from 1730 to 1742—when Walpole left the government. 1734 British
Walpole_ministry
English noblewoman (1686–1726)
Dorothy Townshend, Viscountess Townshend (née Walpole; 18 September 1686 – 29 March 1726) was an English noblewoman. Born on 18 September 1686 at Houghton
Dorothy Townshend, Viscountess Townshend
Dorothy_Townshend,_Viscountess_Townshend
1764 Gothic novel by H. Walpole
novel by Horace Walpole. First published in 1764, it is generally regarded as the first Gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word
The_Castle_of_Otranto
of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer. Sat in the House of Lords as Baron Wycombe in the Peerage of Great Britain. Sat in the House of Lords as Viscount
List of peerages held by prime ministers of the United Kingdom
List_of_peerages_held_by_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
1778 novel by Clara Reeve
reality, contrasting it unfavourably with Otranto. Walpole remarked in response that the Old Baron was "[S]o probable, that any trial for murder at the
The_Old_English_Baron
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
Rowse (1973) Walpole and the Whig Supremacy. London: The English Universities Press. ISBN 978-0-340-11515-2 Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1931) Some materials
George_II_of_Great_Britain
English politician and peer
He represented the seat for 25 years. Initially a supporter of Robert Walpole's government, in 1725 Sandys and his uncle Sir John Rushout went into opposition
Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
Samuel_Sandys,_1st_Baron_Sandys
Warrant issued by the British monarch granting precedence
6th Baron Londesborough 1938 Mary Heritage Banbury Charles Banbury, 2nd Baron Banbury of Southam 1939 Pamela Frances Walpole Robert Walpole, 9th Baron Walpole
Royal_warrant_of_precedence
Government of Great Britain
Walpole–Townshend ministry The government of Great Britain was under the joint leadership of Prime Minister Robert Walpole (in the House of Commons) and
Walpole–Townshend_ministry
Former office in the English and British Royal Household
Vacant (1728–1730) Horatio Walpole 1730 1741 Created Baron Walpole in 1756 Thomas Winnington 1741 1744 Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys 1744 1744 Edmund Waller
Cofferer_of_the_Household
Scottish classical scholar (born 1664) 5 February – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (born 1678) 1 March – Edward Moore
1757_in_Great_Britain
Position in the British Royal Household
Vacant 1730: Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle 1738: Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole 1751: Vacant 1754: Lord Robert Manners-Sutton 1756: Vacant 1761:
Master_of_the_Harriers
UK cabinet
John Osborn, Bt, in 1818. Created Baron Bexley 1 March 1823. Succeeded as Baron Downes, 3 March 1826. Created Baron Maryborough 17 July 1821. Created
Liverpool_ministry
Historic manor in North Devon, England
in the mid-14th century and was then owned successively by the Rolle, Walpole and Trefusis families. The mansion house was destroyed by fire in 1795
Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe
Heanton_Satchville,_Petrockstowe
British statesman (1674–1738)
in close collaboration with his brother-in-law, prime minister Robert Walpole. He was often known as Turnip Townshend because of his strong interest
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend
Scottish painter (1901–1985)
1934 Portrait of Robert Walpole, 9th Baron Walpole and 7th Lord Walpole of Wolterton (1913–1989), son of Horatio Spencer Walpole (1881–1918), Oil on Canvas
Henry_Raeburn_Dobson
Earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain
Lord Waldegrave married Maria Walpole, illegitimate daughter of Edward Walpole, son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. He died without male issue and
Earl_Waldegrave
Swiss explorer (1675–1736)
While living in France, Pury presented his theories to Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, the British Ambassador to France, and asked that they be brought
Jean-Pierre_Pury
English noblewoman (1736–1804)
at second hand" she wrote Walpole. When Lady Holland (1747–1778) died four years after her husband, Stephen Fox, 2nd Baron Holland (1745–1774), their
Anne FitzPatrick, Countess of Upper Ossory
Anne_FitzPatrick,_Countess_of_Upper_Ossory
William Cecil, Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ——— (1911b). "Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of". Encyclopædia
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
Cornish family
title Baron Clinton following the death in 1791 without progeny of his grandfather's 3rd cousin George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, 16th Baron Clinton
Trefusis_family
British politician (1675–1721/1722)
Paymaster of the Forces in the Cabinet of Walpole and Townshend. A grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis, he married Lady Charlotte Butler
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
Charles_Cornwallis,_4th_Baron_Cornwallis
English peer and politician (1705–1774)
election. "Henry Fox, Baron Holland, of Foxley : Genealogics". Lascelles, Edward, The Life of Charles James Fox, London, 1936, p. 3. Walpole, B. C., Recollections
Henry_Fox,_1st_Baron_Holland
British Army officer and politician
Duke of Devonshire. Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, was his grandfather. He was educated at Eton from 1769 to 1776. Walpole was commissioned as cornet
George Walpole (British Army officer)
George_Walpole_(British_Army_officer)
English peer and courtier
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth and de jure 6th Baron le Despencer, PC (1501 – 3 March 1551) was an English peer and courtier during the Tudor dynasty
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth
Thomas_Wentworth,_1st_Baron_Wentworth
British Army officer and politician (1680–1758)
Major-General Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC (23 April 1680 – 22 November 1758) was a British Army officer and Whig politician who sat in the
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
Richard_Edgcumbe,_1st_Baron_Edgcumbe
John West, 7th Baron De La Warr died 16 March 1766 Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton died 2 May 1751 Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole died 31 March 1751
List of knights companion of the Order of the Bath
List_of_knights_companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
English lawyer and politician (1716–1789)
Retrieved 10 December 2017.[permanent dead link] "Grantley, Baron (GB, 1782)". Horace Walpole, Memoirs of the Reign of George III., edited by G. F. R. Barker
Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley
Fletcher_Norton,_1st_Baron_Grantley
Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain Francis Walsingham, spymaster to Queen Elizabeth I of England Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander
List of alumni of King's College, Cambridge
List_of_alumni_of_King's_College,_Cambridge
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1756 to 1757
Derbyshire in 1741 and 1747. Devonshire was a supporter of Sir Robert Walpole and, after Walpole's fall from power, of the Pelhams. Henry Pelham wrote to Devonshire's
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire
Prime Minister of Great Britain (1754–1756; 1757–1762)
century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle. A protégé of Robert Walpole, he served under him for more than 20 years until 1742. He held power with
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle
British Army officer and politician
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort. After her death, he married Mary Churchill, a daughter of Col. Charles Churchill and Lady Mary Walpole (a daughter of former
Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan
Charles_Cadogan,_2nd_Baron_Cadogan
British peer (1900–1979)
Enniskillen. Cholmondeley was a descendant of the family of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was educated at Eton. During
Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere
Thomas_Cholmondeley,_4th_Baron_Delamere
Welsh landowner
Thorpe) and Isaac le Heup, MP who was a brother-in-law of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole. Mary's sister, Elizabeth le Heup married John Lloyd. Together
Sir Edward Williams, 5th Baronet
Sir_Edward_Williams,_5th_Baronet
British diplomat (1863–1939)
Esmé William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith (15 September 1863 – 1 August 1939), was a British diplomat who was British Ambassador to the United
Esmé Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith
Esmé_Howard,_1st_Baron_Howard_of_Penrith
married John, 1st Baron Redesdale in 1803. Margaret Perceval (b. 17 March 1769, d. 1854), who married Thomas Walpole (son of Thomas Walpole), sometime ambassador
Catherine_Compton
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743
result. In order to remove him from the Commons, Walpole had Compton raised to the peerage as Baron Wilmington, of Wilmington in the County of Sussex
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Spencer_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Wilmington
Decade
de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771) December 8 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English diplomat (d. 1757) December 13 – Yongzheng Emperor of
1670s
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