Earl of Orford

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The Earl of Orford is a British peerage title historically associated with Sir Robert Walpole, often regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
British statesman
country house
earldom
hereditary title
title in the Peerage of Great Britain
associatedFamily Walpole family
country Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1676-08-26
1723-06-12
dateOfCreation 1742
1806
dateOfDeath 1745-03-18
1809-02-24
familyName Viscount Walpole
surface form: Walpole
femaleEquivalentTitle Countess of Orford
firstHolder Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation)
Robert Walpole
surface form: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
genderedForm Earl
hasCreation First creation of the Earl of Orford
Second creation of the Earl of Orford
hasHolder Robert Walpole
surface form: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
hasMotto Fari quae sentiat (to speak what he feels)
hasNotableHolder Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (second creation)
Robert Walpole
surface form: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
historicallyAssociatedWith Whig Party
honorificTitle Earl of Orford self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Earl of Orford
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn Norfolk, England
monarch George II of Great Britain
surface form: King George II

George III of the United Kingdom
surface form: King George III
namedAfter Orford, Suffolk
nobleFamilySeat Houghton Hall
nobleRank Earl
notableFor being regarded as the first de facto Prime Minister of Great Britain
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Prime Minister of Great Britain
region England
styleOfAddress The Right Honourable
titleHolderResidence Houghton Hall
titleType noble title
traditionalTerritorialDesignation of Orford in the County of Suffolk
usedIn British nobility

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Countess of Orford associatedTitle Earl of Orford
Walpole family hasTitle Earl of Orford
Horace Walpole honorificTitle Earl of Orford
this entity surface form: 4th Earl of Orford
Walpole family honorificTitle Earl of Orford
subject surface form: Horace Walpole
this entity surface form: 4th Earl of Orford
Earl of Orford honorificTitle Earl of Orford self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Orford
Walpole family honorificTitle Earl of Orford
subject surface form: Sir Robert Walpole
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Orford
Admiral Edward Russell nobleTitle Earl of Orford
subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
Horace Walpole nobleTitle Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole nobleTitle Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole nobleTitle Earl of Orford
this entity surface form: Baron Walpole of Houghton
this entity surface form: 1st Earl of Orford (second creation)