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.
Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford
Standard Name: Orford, Robert Walpole,,, first Earl of
Used Form: Sir Robert Walpole
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Mary, Countess Cowper | The Whig party underwent various travails during MCC
's time in politics. In December 1716 and April 1717, when Lord Townshend
(brother-in-law of Robert Walpole
) was dismissed first from one and then from another... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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