Walpole, Sir Robert, (1676-1745), 1st Earl of Orford, statesman

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Alternative name(s):	Orford, Earl of (Also known as)
Surname:	Walpole
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Robert
Gender:	Male
Date:	1676-1745
Title:	1st Earl of Orford
History:	Created first Earl of Orford, Feb 1742. Prime Minister, 1730-1742. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1715-1717 and 1721-1742. It was during Walpole's administration that the title of Prime Minister was first used.
Biography:	ODNB link for Walpole, Robert (1676-1745) 1st Earl of Orford, statesman
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275656 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P159873 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Robert Walpole

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1718-1760: Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George II	The National Archives, Kew	SP 36
2	misc financial and other papers	Houghton Hall	Cholmondeley	NRA 37395
3	corresp and papers	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Cholmondeley (Houghton)	NRA 7114 Walpole
4	misc corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 35335
5	1701-09: family corresp (76 items)	University of Chicago Library: Special Collections Research Center		See NUC MS 64-176
6	1742: papers re committee to inquire into conduct	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS North	NRA 837 North
7	misc material	Castle Howard		NRA 24681 See HMC 42 Earl of Carlisle MSS
8	letters (18) from	Lewis Walpole Library		NRA 22338 Walpole Library
9	letters to Duke of Argyll	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD1/1158	See Annual Return 1992
10	1705, 1725-42: letters to 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Devonshire	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	/16	NRA 20594 Cavendish
11	1696-1706: political corresp of re Norfolk with Lady D Fielding and Thomas Howard	Norfolk Record Office	HOW	NRA 15370 Howard
12	1723: corresp with Duke of Grafton	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	HA513	NRA 2567 Fitzroy
13	1709: letters (7) to Lord Leven	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD26/9/444	NRA 29368 Leslie Melville
14	1699-1701: letters (6) to Sir John Mordaunt	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR 1368	NRA 2704 Mordaunt
15	1714-44: corresp with Duke of Newcastle etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 32686-793 passim
16	1742-3: letters to Henry Pelham and Sir Robert Munro	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	Ne	NRA 7411 Pelham
17	1703-17: corresp with Lord Stanhope	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/O138-45	NRA 25095
18	c1727-40: corresp with 1st Earl Waldegrave	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 28249 Waldegrave
19	1716-44: corresp with Horatio Walpole (2 vols)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 63749A