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Robert Walpole

1676 - 1745

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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742. He also served as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons, and is generally regarded as the de facto first prime minister of Great Britain. Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance, dubbed the "Robinocracy", are a matter of scholarly debate, the period 1721–1742 is often used. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Walpole has received more than 2,956,167 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Robert Walpole is the 10th most popular public worker (down from 8th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 376th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Public Worker.

Robert Walpole is most famous for being the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PUBLIC WORKERS

Among public workers, Robert Walpole ranks 10 out of 15. Before him are Joseph Fouché, Mikhail Kalinin, Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Thomas Cromwell, and Ali Hassan al-Majid. After him are Markus Wolf, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Pascal Lamy, Susan Dougan, and Chelsea Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1676, Robert Walpole ranks 5. Before him are Frederick I of Sweden, Alexander Selkirk, Francis II Rákóczi, and Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans. After him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Jacopo Riccati, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Leonard of Port Maurice, and Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1745, Robert Walpole ranks 3. Before him are Jonathan Swift, and Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Antoine Forqueray, Nicola Fago, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Walpole ranks 445 out of 8,785. Before him are Cary Grant (1904), Marie of Romania (1875), Charles Dance (1946), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), William Pitt the Younger (1759), and Joan Clarke (1917). After him are David Niven (1910), J. M. Barrie (1860), John Rhys-Davies (1944), Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862), Tim Curry (1946), and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411).

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS In United Kingdom

Among public workers born in United Kingdom, Robert Walpole ranks 2. Before him are Thomas Cromwell (1485). After him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713).

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