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The Walpole ministry was led by Whig Prime Minister
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...
, from 1730 to 1742—when Walpole left the government.


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1734 British general election The 1734 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's incr ...
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1741 British general election The 1741 British general election returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be summoned, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw suppo ...
* 1742 vote of no confidence in the Walpole ministry


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1730 establishments in Great Britain 1742 disestablishments in Great Britain 1730s in Great Britain 1740s in Great Britain Robert Walpole Ministries of George II of Great Britain