Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford

Standard Name: Orford, Robert Walpole,,, first Earl of
Used Form: Sir Robert Walpole

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Mary Delany
Their object was to embarrass Sir Robert Walpole 's government, which had closed the visitors' gallery for a crucial debate over going to war with Spain. They besieged the gallery until admitted, then barracked the...
politics Eliza Haywood
EH 's political allegiance may have been dictated by the need to make a living, or by taking a satirical view of successive centres of political enthusiasm. She wrote opportunistic satire on George II while...
Other Life Event Mary Barber
Charged with scandalising and vilifying the king and government (George II and Sir Robert Walpole ), she was out on bail on 2 February. The accusation (for which the penalty ranged from a fine...
Occupation Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield
From the age of twenty he held a positon at Court and a seat in Parliament . After becoming an earl he served in the Privy Council and as British ambassador at The Hague...
Occupation Eliza Haywood
This was Fielding's last production. Next day Sir Robert Walpole introduced into parliament the Licensing Act , which killed this company and EH 's stage career.
Highfill, Philip H. et al. A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Southern Illinois University Press.
Friends, Associates Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
She now sought the friendship of those in political power, like James Craggs , Charlotte Clayton , and members of the royal family. But she was closest to outsiders like Lady Stafford (an almost certainly...
Family and Intimate relationships Horace Walpole
He was the youngest son of statesman Sir Robert Walpole , though rumour said he was actually fathered by Carr, Lord Hervey (a son of the Earl of Bristol), who died as a young man.
Family and Intimate relationships Catharine Macaulay
CM 's father, John Sawbridge, was a landowner, and in politics an anti-Walpole Whig. After his wife's death he retired to a secluded life.
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press.
7, 8
Dedications Eliza Haywood
EH dedicated to Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough , a major critique, with her name, of Sir Robert Walpole 's Prime Ministership: the satirical fiction Adventures of Eovaai, Princess of Ijaveo.
Spedding, Patrick. A Bibliography of Eliza Haywood. Pickering and Chatto.
347-50
Whicher, George Frisbie. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood. Columbia University Press.
177
Haywood, Eliza. “Introduction”. Adventures of Eovaai, edited by Earla Wilputte, Broadview, pp. 7-40.
45n1
Cultural formation Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
She writes occasionally like an Anglican , more often like a Deist or sceptic, and frequently as an anti-Catholic. In politics she was a pro-Robert Walpole Whig.

Timeline

No timeline events available.

Texts

No bibliographical results available.