Walpole ministry

Government of Great Britain

Walpole

The Walpole ministry was led by Whig Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, from 1730 to 1742—when Walpole left the government.^[1]

Ministry

See also

• 1734 British general election
• 1741 British general election
• 1742 vote of no confidence in the Walpole ministry

Notes

1. Taylor 2002
2. Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 39
3. Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 40

References

• Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1988), British Historical Facts: 1688–1760, Palgrave Macmillan UK, ISBN 978-1-349-02369-1
• Taylor, Stephen (2002), "Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford", in Robert Eccleshall; Graham Walker (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-134-66231-9

Further reading

• Langford, Paul (1998), A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727–1783, Clarendon Press, p. 56, ISBN 978-0-19-820733-7