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Officially his title was First Lord of the Treasury, but Sir Robert Walpole is considered to be the first Brit to hold this office |
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HISTORY |
2025-10-17 |
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1721 saw Robert Walpole become the first person to hold what would be called this high political office |
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GREAT BRITAIN IN THE 1700s |
2022-07-11 |
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Robert Walpole, in power from 1721 to 1742, is regarded as the first of these British heads of government |
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18th CENTURY PEOPLE |
2012-12-05 |
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England's king stopped attending cabinet meetings around1715 & this position evolved to replace him |
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PEACETIME HISTORY |
2002-05-29 |
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