Robert Walpole

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British statesman Prime Minister of Great Britain human

Robert Walpole was an 18th-century British statesman widely regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain and its longest-serving holder of the office.

Aliases (7)
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman →
Prime Minister of Great Britain →
human →
child Horace Walpole →
Robert Walpole →
surface form: "Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford"
constituencyRepresented Castle Rising →
King's Lynn →
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth 1676-08-26 →
dateOfDeath 1745-03-18 →
educatedAt Eton College →
King’s College, Cambridge →
surface form: "King's College, Cambridge"
endTime 1742-02-11 →
familyName Robert Walpole →
surface form: "Walpole"
father Robert Walpole →
surface form: "Robert Walpole Sr."
givenName Robert →
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable →
memberOf Whig Party →
monarchDuringTerm George I of Great Britain →
George II of Great Britain →
mother Mary Burwell →
nobleTitle Earl of Orford →
surface form: "Baron Walpole of Houghton"

Earl of Orford →
Viscount Walpole →
notableFor being regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain →
being the longest-serving Prime Minister of Great Britain →
parliamentaryGroup House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
surface form: "House of Commons of Great Britain"
placeOfBirth Houghton, Norfolk →
Kingdom of England →
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain →
London, England →
surface form: "London"
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer →
First Lord of the Treasury →
Leader of the House of Commons →
Member of Parliament →
Paymaster of the Forces →
Prime Minister of Great Britain →
Secretary of State for War →
surface form: "Secretary at War"

Treasurer of the Navy →
religion Anglicanism →
representedIn Parliament of England →
Parliament of Great Britain →
residence 10 Downing Street →
Houghton Hall →
sexOrGender male →
spouse Catherine Shorter →
Maria Skerrett →
startTime 1721-04-04 →
workLocation London, England →
surface form: "London"
Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houghton Hall → associatedWith → Robert Walpole →
Houghton, Norfolk → associatedWith → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Viscount Walpole → associatedWith → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Mary Burwell → child → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Robert Walpole → child → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford"
Houghton Hall → commissionedBy → Robert Walpole →
Robert Walpole → familyName → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Walpole"
Horace Walpole → father → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole (of Houghton)"
Robert Walpole → father → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole Sr."
Earl of Orford → firstHolder → Robert Walpole →
subject surface form: "First creation of the Earl of Orford"
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford"
subject surface form: "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom"
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Earl of Orford → hasHolder → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford"
Earl of Orford → hasNotableHolder → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford"
Viscount Walpole → hasTitleHolder → Robert Walpole →
Viscount Walpole → notableBearer → Robert Walpole →
English Whigs → notableLeader → Robert Walpole →
Walpole family → notableMember → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Walpole family → notableMember → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford"
Whig Party → notableMember → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford"
Mary Burwell → notableRelative → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Houghton, Norfolk → notableResident → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Treasurer of the Navy → officeHeldBy → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
Houghton Hall → originalOwner → Robert Walpole →
Maria Skerrett → partnerOf → Robert Walpole →
Kingdom of Great Britain → primeMinister → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
The Beggar's Opera → satirizes → Robert Walpole →
Horace Walpole → sibling → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole the younger"
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford"
Catherine Shorter → spouse → Robert Walpole →
Maria Skerrett → spouse → Robert Walpole →
Mary Burwell → spouse → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Robert Walpole Sr."
Catherine Shorter → spouseTitle → Robert Walpole →
this entity surface form: "Sir Robert Walpole"
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