Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford ... the Whig party into a byword for sleaze and jobbery in the years 1720-45. Edward Pearce defends him on the solitary ground that he kept Britain out ...

He was the only son of Sir Edward Walpole KB and brother to the Bishop of Exeter’s lady, to the Countess Dowager Waldegrave and the Countess of Dysart. With a pedigree like that, this military ...

One of the blackmail victims identified by Dr Bleakley in the Old Bailey court proceedings was Sir Edward Walpole, son of former British Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. Refusing to by ...

Her first husband was Robert Coke of Holkham in Norfolk (ancestor of the Earl of Leicester) and her second was Horatio, a son of Sir Edward Walpole (ancestor of the Earl of Orford). They had no ...

As was customary for the offspring of English aristocracy in the 18th century, Edward Walpole undertook a Grand Tour of Italy in 1730. His assignment, however, was sterner than most: to acquire ...

Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton ... Their sons were Robert, Earl of Orford, Edward who died unmarried, and Horace. Their daughters were Mary ...