Walpole family

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British diplomat British peer British political family British politician British statesman British writer country house politician

The Walpole family is a prominent British political dynasty best known for producing Sir Robert Walpole, often regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Aliases (7)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British diplomat → British peer → British political family → British politician → British statesman → British writer → country house → politician →
activity	British politics →
architecturalStyle	Palladian architecture →
associatedPlace	Houghton Hall →
country	Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1676-08-26 → 1717-09-24 →
dateOfDeath	1745-03-18 → 1797-03-02 →
ethnicGroup	English people →
family	Walpole family → Walpole family → Walpole family → Walpole family → Walpole family →
hasMemberWithOffice	Home Secretary of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of Great Britain →
hasTitle	Baron Walpole → Earl of Orford →
honorificTitle	1st Earl of Orford → 4th Earl of Orford →
language	English →
locatedIn	Norfolk →
notableEstate	Houghton Hall →
notableMember	Horace Walpole → Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole → Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford → Sir Robert Walpole → Spencer Horatio Walpole →
notableWork	The Castle of Otranto →
parliamentaryFaction	Whig Party →
placeOfBirth	Houghton, Norfolk →
placeOfDeath	London →
politicalAlignment	Whig Party →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the Exchequer → First Lord of the Treasury → Home Secretary of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of Great Britain →
region	Norfolk →
timePeriod	18th century →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Horace Walpole → Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole → Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford → Sir Robert Walpole → Spencer Horatio Walpole →	family
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) →	aristocraticFamily
Earl of Orford →	associatedFamily
Wolterton Hall →	associatedWith
Viscount Walpole →	category
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton ("Walpole") →	familyName
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation) →	memberOf
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton →	memberOfFamily
Viscount Walpole →	namedAfter
Viscount Walpole →	nobleFamily
Wolterton Hall →	ownedBy