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Robert Walpole

1676 - 1745

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Robert 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. His formal titles included First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons. Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance, dubbed the "Robinocracy", are a matter of scholarly debate, the period 1721–1742 is often used. He dominated the Walpole–Townshend ministry, as well as the subsequent Walpole ministry, and holds the record as the longest-serving British prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Walpole is the 8th most popular public worker (up from 10th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 445th in 2019) and the most popular British Public Worker.

Robert Walpole is most famous for being the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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Among public workers, Robert Walpole ranks 8 out of 15. Before him are Emperor Taishō, Alois Hitler, Joseph Fouché, Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, and Demetrius of Phalerum. After him are Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Markus Wolf, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, and Susan Dougan.

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Among people born in 1676, Robert Walpole ranks 4. Before him are Francis II Rákóczi, Alexander Selkirk, and Frederick I of Sweden. After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Jacopo Riccati, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Michael II Apafi. Among people deceased in 1745, Robert Walpole ranks 3. Before him are Jonathan Swift, and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Antoine Forqueray, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, and Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Walpole ranks 510 out of 8,785. Before him are Jackie Stewart (1939), Richard Wright (1943), Arthur Eddington (1882), Andrew Irvine (1902), Howard Staunton (1810), and Beatrix Potter (1866). After him are Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900), John Wesley (1703), William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), Glenn Hughes (1951), and Christopher Hogwood (1941).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In United Kingdom

Among public workers born in United Kingdom, Robert Walpole ranks 1. After him are Thomas Cromwell (1485), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713).

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