Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford

Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford ( 1676 – 1745 )
English statesman. He entered Parliament in 1701 and briefly held the offices of Secretary of War and Treasurer of the Navy until he was dismissed with his Whig colleagues in 1710 . The Tories impeached him for corruption in 1711 and expelled him from Parliament, making him a martyr for the Whig cause. On the accession of George I in 1714 he became Paymaster of the Forces and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1715 , but resigned in sympathy with his brother‐in‐law Townshend in 1717 . The South Sea...

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