Title: Sir Robert Walpole /
Authors: Plumb, J. H.
Date: 1973
Publisher: A. M. Kelley,
Physical description: volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: D
Abstract: "Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 ? 18 March 1745), known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Although the position of "Prime Minister" had no recognition in law or official use at the time, Walpole is nevertheless acknowledged as having held the office de facto because of his influence within the Cabinet."--Wikipedia.
Contents: 1. The making of a statesman.--2. The king's minister.
Notes: Reprint of the 1956-61 ed. "Houghton Mifflin reprint editions."
Subject headings (LCSH): Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.; Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760.; Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.; Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.