- Born on August 26, 1676
- Deceased on March 18, 1745 in London, at the age of 68 years
Parents
- Robert Walpole (1650 - 1700), Member of Parliament for Castle Rising, colonel
- Mary Burwell (1654 - 1711)
Family
- Married on July 30, 1700, with Catherine Shorter (1682 - 1737), issuing
- Edward (1706 - 1784)
- Married in 1738, with Maria Skerrett (bef. 1702 - 1738), issuing
- Mary (1725 - 1802)
Occupations
- prime minister of Great Britain (1721 - 1742)
- chancellor of the Exchequer (1721 - 1740)
- Member of Parliament for Castle Rising (1701 - 1702)
- Member of Parliament for King's Lynn (1702 - 1712, 1713 - 1742)
- secretary at War (1708 - 1710)
- treasurer (1710 - 1711)
- paymaster of the Forces (1714 - 1715, 1720 - 1721)
- first lord of the Treasury (1715 - 1717, 1721 - 1742)
- leader of the House of Commons (1721 - 1742)
- privy counsellor
Distinctions
- most noble order of the Garter