Cholmondeley (Houghton) Papers 1316-1866

Walpole family Houghton, Norfolk

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Great Britain British Army

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Walpole family of Houghton, Norfolk

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The Walpole family became lords of Houghton manor in 1307, and owned the estate until 1797, when it passed to the Cholmondeley family. The member of the family featured prinicipally in the collection is Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), 1st Earl of Orford. Walpole was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. He entered parliament in 1707, and served as chancellor of the exchequer and first lord of the treasury, 1715-1717. After a spell out of office, he rejoined the government as pa...

Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757

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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000298 Horatio Walpole, first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757), was a diplomatist and politician, the younger brother of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford. In 1706-7 he served as secretary to General James Stanhope; from 1707 he was secretary to Henry Boyle, Lord Carleton, chancellor of the exchequer; and from 1708 to 1710 he was sec...

Pell family Norfolk

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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745

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English statesman. From the description of Document signed : [n.p.], 1741 Oct. 3 and 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874691 British statesman, first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer. From the description of Letters, 1734. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41546346 British statesman. From the description of Document signed : Horse Guards, 1721 Jan. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890831 Fro...

Walpole Robert 1650-1700

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