Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford

(1676-1745)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 NRA: Walpole Robert (1676-1745) 1st Earl of Orford statesman DNB: Walpole, Robert, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), prime minister LBT ID: RoWalpo1745 VIAF ID: 98289961 LOC ID: n50024509	B/BAP: 1676-08-26 DIED: 1745-03-18
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English politician whose management of the financial crisis resulting from the South Sea Bubble led to his commanding career the leader of the Whigs in Parliament (1721-42).
REFERENCES TO Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford: Robert Southey to Edith Southey, 23 July 1812 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lady Louisa Stuart to Walter Scott, 11 September 1818 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. II. 1752-1761 Found 1: ¶ n1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 Found 1: ¶ 15 [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Byron’s Letters and Journals” in The Southern Review 7 (May 1831) 1-42 Found 1: ¶ 29 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 10 May 1832 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 November 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VI 1818 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XVII. 1812 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VII Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter VI Found 1: ¶ 9 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. X 1807 Found 1: ¶ 10 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. VII. 1806-1811 Found 1: ¶ 6 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter III. 1810-1812. Found 1: ¶ 18 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. X: 1832-33 Ch. XI: 1833 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) SHELLEY Found 1: ¶ 7