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Robert Walpole

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742Personal detailsBorn(1676-08-26)26 August 1676Houghton, Norfolk, EnglandDied18 March 1745(1745-03-18) (aged 68)London, EnglandResting placeSt Martin at Tours' Church, HoughtonPartyWhigSpousesCatherine Shorter​ ​(m. 1700; died 1737)​Maria Skerret​ ​(m. 1738; died 1738)​Children6, including Robert, Edward and HoraceParentRobert Walpole (father)RelativesWalpole familyEducationEton CollegeKing's College, CambridgeOccupationPoliticianscholarSignatureQuartered arms of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PCRobert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (; 26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving from 1721 to 1742.

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