Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (1676 – 1745), was a British Whig statesman regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, for his service to George I and George II. 


This classic political biography contains the following chapters: 


I. Early Years and First Stages of Public Life 

II. The Last Four Years of Queen Anne 

III. The New Reign—Whig Schism 

IV. Rise to Power—Bolingbroke 

V. The Court 

VI. Characteristics 

VII. The Cabinet 

VIII. Fiscal Policy 

IX. Domestic Affairs 

X. Foreign Policy 

XI. Walpole’s Fall