History Today, January 1st, 2006
This series of articles on some of Britain's parliamentarians--distinguished or lobby-fodder, worthy or base--comes to an end with a look at the early career of Britain's first prime minister, and reminds us (as if we could ever forget it) that not everyone has gone into politics with the highest motives.
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE (1676-1745) is mainly remembered today for his career after 1715 when he became the main spokesman for the first Whig ministry of the Hanoverian era. He was to become Britain's first prime minister from 1721 to 1742 and the architect of Whig dominance and the political s...
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