Walpole ministry

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The Walpole ministry was the long-serving early 18th-century British government led by Sir Robert Walpole, often regarded as the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Walpole ministry canonical 4
Whig ministry 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British ministry ⓘ
government cabinet ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
chamber House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 18th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
durationInOffice about 21 years ⓘ
endTime 1742 ⓘ
followedBy Carteret ministry ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Georgian era ⓘ
historicalRegion British Isles ⓘ
knownFor being regarded as the first de facto prime ministership of Great Britain ⓘ
longest continuous tenure of a British chief minister ⓘ
patronage-based political management ⓘ
languageOfGovernment English ⓘ
leader Robert Walpole ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
locationOfGovernment Westminster ⓘ
monarchDuringGovernment George I of Great Britain ⓘ
George II of Great Britain ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Walpole ⓘ
officeHolder Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend ⓘ
linked to: Charles Townshend

John Carteret, later Earl Granville ⓘ
Philip Yorke, later Earl of Hardwicke ⓘ
Robert Walpole ⓘ
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington ⓘ
Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Newcastle
oppositionFrom Patriot Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Junto Whigs

Tory Party ⓘ
partOf Whig Supremacy ⓘ
policyFocus fiscal stability ⓘ
low direct taxation ⓘ
strengthening of the Whig oligarchy ⓘ
politicalParty Whig Party ⓘ
positionHeldByLeader Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
First Lord of the Treasury ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ
precededBy Stanhope–Sunderland ministry ⓘ
reasonForEnd loss of parliamentary support ⓘ
military and political setbacks in war ⓘ
significantEvent South Sea Bubble aftermath ⓘ
War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
linked to: War of Jenkins' Ear

early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ
startTime 1721 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atterbury Plot → opposedBy → Whig ministry ⓘ
linked to: Walpole ministry
The Craftsman → criticized → Walpole ministry ⓘ
James Craggs the Elder → affiliation → Walpole ministry ⓘ