Sir Robert Walpole, later the 1st Earl of Orford, was a politician and the first prime minister of Great Britain.
Reference:
Stephen Taylor, ‘Walpole, Robert, first earl of Orford (1676-1745)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28601 [accessed 18 Aug 2011]).
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