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	Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Soon after Walpole’s return to office in 1720, he was called upon to salvage the financial wreckage resulting from the South Sea Bubble, in which he himself lost a substantial amount of money.
		Walpole’s plan to reduce smuggling and make London a free port by replacing tariffs on wine and tobacco with an excise tax was defeated in 1733, largely because of widespread popular prejudice against excise.
		Walpole’s primacy was achieved and maintained through his own political talents and the circumstances of the time; he made little impact on constitutional development.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wa/WalpoleR.html (765 words)

	British Politics Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Walpole at first endeavoured to reconcile the difference, and it was riot till he had wholly failed to effect this object that he resorted to more decided measures, which secured to him the favour of the King, but involved him in the open enmity of the Prince of Wales.
		Walpole's secure ground of defence was his innocence; but the perfect knowledge be possessed of the character of his assailants, and of the usual effect of the biting sarcasms which he had been so long used to launch against them, gave him advantages that might have made even the worse appear the better cause.
		Walpole's address and exertions overcame the obstacles which opposed themselves to this plan, but the new ministry was no sooner arranged than he was accused in the House of Commons of various crimes and misconduct in his office.
	www.ukpolitics.org.uk /cgi/viewnews.cgi?id=989233151 (3548 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Walpole, Horace
		Horace Walpole was the youngest child of one of the most powerful political figures of the eighteenth century and his wealthy and beautiful wife.
		Walpole shared Gray's devotion to other men, and though he is as little likely to have actually had sexual experiences with men, he did love several in his long life, for a great portion of it devoting himself to one cousin, Henry Conway.
		Walpole was one of the most famous letter writers of the century, and his delightful effusions are filled with a connoisseur's knowledge of literature and the arts, a gossip's familiarity with scandal, and a fop's attention to the details of dress, family, and social position.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/walpole_h.html (699 words)

	Walpole, Horace Criticism and Essays
		Walpole also established a private press at Strawberry Hill in 1757 which operated for thirty-two years and is still recognized for publishing one of the most impressive lists of titles of any private press in England, including Walpole's works and the poems of Thomas Gray.
		In 1765 Walpole made the first of four extended trips to Paris, where he was received by members of the French upper class; especially noteworthy is his friendship with the socially prominent Madame du Deffand, who was twenty years his senior and with whom he corresponded until her death in 1780.
		Walpole published the book anonymously under the pretense that it was an Italian manuscript written during the Last Crusade and translated by one "William Marshall." Some early reviewers were not convinced or amused by this claim: the novel was generally criticized as being preposterously unbelievable and insulting to its readers.
	www.enotes.com /literary-criticism/walpole-horace (1136 words)

	Robert Walpole Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		The English statesman Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), was the first minister to maintain continuing support for royal government by exercising both careful use of Crown patronage and untiring leadership in the House of Commons.
		Walpole dominated English politics from 1722 to 1742, and when he departed from political life, Britain enjoyed the benefits of stable government.
		From the outset Walpole was firmly attached to the Whig party, a party pledged to continuing the war against France; when war weariness eroded its strength in 1710, he suffered accordingly.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/robert-walpole (1312 words)

	Robert Walpole
		Walpole, a Whig, was elected to the House of Commons in 1701.
		After the collapse of the Whig government Walpole was accused of corruption and spent a short period in the Tower of London.
		Walpole gradually lost the support of the House of Commons, and in February 1742 he was forced to resign from office.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRwalpoleR.htm (733 words)

	Walpole Tourism
		Walpole is located in a rather picturesque region of Western Australia where the cool waters of the Southern Ocean meet the tall, majestic forests of the southwest.
		Walpole was not really settled until the 1930s when the government enticed people to the area for work during the Great Depression.
		The land was slowly cleared and today the small town of Walpole exists as a service town for the surrounding rural areas where fishing, dairy and beef are its main industries.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/walpole.html (440 words)

	Hunt Institute: Frederick Andrews Walpole Collection
		In 1896, Walpole’s work came to the attention of Frederick V. Coville, a Department of Agriculture botanist and Curator of the National Herbarium, who was in Oregon researching plants used by the Klamath Indians.
		Coville persuaded Walpole to apply for the position of Artist for the Division of Botany of the Agriculture Department, and he was appointed on September 19th.
		Walpole’s career as a plant illustrator was divided between work in Washington at the Agriculture Department (and after November of 1902 at the National Museum) and on field trips to the Northwest.
	huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu /HIBD/Departments/Art/Walpole.shtml (1416 words)

	WA Walpole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Walpole and its sister town of Nornalup were settled in the early 1900s by three pioneering families.
		Walpole Nornalup National Park also boasts magnificent stands of karri and tingle trees as well as the beautiful coastal scenery of the wild southern shores.
		Excellent views of both Walpole and Nornalup Inlets are seen at Knoll Drive, and 7 kilometres west of the town, Tinglewood Road leads to Mount Clare and Nuyts Wilderness Walk.
	www.allsydney.com /west/walpole.htm (255 words)

	Horace Walpole - Biography and Works
		Lady Walpole died in 1737, much to the distress of her son, possibly leading to his departure in 1738 from Cambridge before finishing his degree.
		Walpole was back to London in 1741 and became a Member of Parliament for Callington in Cornwall though he was a lacklustre participant in the House of Commons.
		Walpole was buried in the family tomb at St. Martin's Church, New Houghton, Norfolk, England.
	www.online-literature.com /horace-walpole (975 words)

	Horace Walpole
		Most likely, Walpole and Gray were homosexual lovers and Walpole's premature return to London in 1741, to take a seat in Parliament, was because they had quarreled.
		Four years later, his famous father died, leaving him great wealth, but Walpole retained his seat in Parliament — and followed his father's loyalties to King George II and Queen Caroline (Walpole observed Caroline to be a Deist believing in a future life).
		Walpole published his own Gothic novel in 1765, The Castle of Otranto, to reflect that architectural style, and thereby launched a trend in Gothic literature.
	www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com /rants/0924almanac.htm (588 words)

	Sir Robert Walpole
		Walpole did, however, have many of the responsibilities and duties of the modern office of prime minister.
		Walpole's career benefited from a government crisis in 1721, when thousands of people lost large amounts of money after the collapse of an investment scheme known as the South Sea Bubble.
		Walpole was forced to resign as prime minister in 1742, and was elevated to the House of Lords.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page174.asp (849 words)

	Walpole
		Walpole was seriously ill in Italy, and finally cut his journey short because in his absence he had been elected a Member of Parliament for Callington, Cornwall.
		In his introduction, Walpole initially wrote that his novel was 'an attempt to blend the two kinds of romance, the ancient and the modern'.
		Walpole liked the poems and asked for more, but his friends told him that they were forgeries, and Walpole reacted badly, rejecting the verses outright.
	members.fortunecity.es /agustinirissou/walpole_biography.htm (2198 words)

	Walpole ,NH
		Walpole is home to many unique businesses; there is a fine chocolate shop, and art gallery, organic farms, film studios, and other interesting business.
		In the winter, Walpole is a cozy town to visit for getting away from the hustle and bustle of ski resorts, but it is a short drive from the slopes.
		Walpole in the summer is a lush and relaxed place, with Sunday evening concerts on the town common.
	www.walpoleinn.com /Walpole.htm (220 words)

	The Literary Gothic \| Horace Walpole
		Walpole's drama The Mysterious Mother, never performed in his lifetime, dealt with another topic that would attract much (scandalized) attention in the Romantic period: incest.
		Not directly Gothic, but Walpole was a prodigious writer of letters, corresponding with many of the most important cultural and political figures of his time, and there are some nuggets worth mining for.
		Walpole's drama on that popular yet disturbing theme oddly common in the Romantic period: incest.
	www.litgothic.com /Authors/walpole.html (697 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Walpole, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford 1676-1745, English statesman.
		Walpole, Horace, 4th earl of Orford 1717-97, English author; youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole.
		Walpole is the site of a state prison.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Walpole, (549 words)

	Robert Walpole - Britannia Biographies
		Walpole was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University and entered Parliament in 1701 at the age of 25.
		Before becoming 'prime minister' in 1721, Walpole was first lord of the treasury in the government dominated by James Stanhope and Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland.
		Walpole concentrated on building influence in the House of Commons and held sway by force of personality, leaving the administration of foreign affairs to others.
	www.britannia.com /bios/walpole.html (568 words)

	Walpole, Massachusetts
		Walpole, Massachusetts is 12 miles W of Brockton, Massachusetts and 17 miles SW of Boston, Massachusetts.
		Walpole, compared to the great majority of similar-sized towns, is characterized by married couples rather than single adults.
		Walpole is one of the richer towns in Massachusetts.
	www.citytowninfo.com /places/massachusetts/walpole (418 words)

	Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hugh Walpole was born in New Zealand in 1884, the son of a Bishop.
		The terraced garden in front of the house was designed by Walpole, who channelled a small beck to feed fountains and a pond.
		Hugh Walpole died in 1941, and his grave is in St John's Church, Keswick.
	www.visitcumbria.com /walpole.htm (311 words)

	Walpole, Massachusetts MA, town profile (Norfolk County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Walpole is a town in Norfolk County, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy metro area.
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Walpole was $32,117, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Walpole, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $759.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3173 (560 words)

	Captain Brian Walpole
		Brian Walpole became a pilot with the RAF at 18 and joined an operational fighter squadron.
		In 1977, Walpole commanded the Concorde, which flew the Queen from Barbados to London and the first supersonic commercial service from London to New York.
		You can also see footage of Captain Walpole in an interview with the BBC after Concorde flights were suspended in 2000 after a crash in the north of Paris.
	www.biogs.com /snippets/walpole.html (189 words)

	Variations on a Theme \| Romanticism from the canvas to the printing press to the opera house
		At Eton, Walpole met Thomas Gray, and formed a lasting friendship with the soon-to-be renowned English poet.
		Walpole's most prestigious and well-known work, The Castle of Otranto, was published in 1764.
		Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) officially began the Gothic literature movement.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0126184/english/ewalpole.htm (302 words)

	The Lewis Walpole Library
		The Lewis Walpole Library is a research library for eighteenth-century studies and the prime source for the study of Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill.
		Housed in an historic frame house in Farmington and given to Yale by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and Annie Burr Lewis, the Lewis Walpole Library is a department of Yale University Library, open to researchers by appointment.
		The Lewis Walpole Library offers summer fellowships to students enrolled in doctoral programs at Yale University who wish to pursue dissertation research in the Lewis Walpole collections.
	www.library.yale.edu /walpole (374 words)

	Horace Walpole
		Horace Walpole, was the third son of Sir Robert Walpole, England's longest ruling Prime Minister.
		Besides his books, Horace Walpole is the author of a huge amount of correspondence (7,000 letters).
		His letters, an historical treasure, are relating various matters of his time, such as the discovery of Uranus, a balloon crossing of the Channel, prison reforms, improvements in surgery, Franklin's experiments...
	www.unitel.cc /Walpole.htm (190 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Horace Walpole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Walpole lived primarily with his mother, who was in effect separated from his father.
		Walpole never married (though the Earl of Lincoln did), and clearly preferred the company of women who were unmarriageable, most because of their slightly scandalous past.
		Sir Robert Walpole resigned from office in 1742 and died in March 1745; Walpole was in attendance throughout the final illness.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4587 (629 words)

	Walpole
		WALPOLE -- They are people large in spirit but lacking in possessions, who have few cars, no computers, and who are paying mortgages on houses that no longer exist.
		On Wednesday, June 21, 2006, parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church of Walpole, Massachusetts, sent a delegation of five adults and six teens to help with the continuing clean up efforts brought on by Hurricane Katrina in their adopted community of Pass Christian.
		A group of parishioners of the Roman Catholic church of Blessed Sacrament in Walpole, Massachusetts, led by their pastor, Father Tim Kelleher, traveled to Pass Christian, Mississippi on Sunday, October 23 to visit their "adopted" parish of St. Paul's and view the devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina.
	katrina.passchristian.net /walpole.htm (3868 words)

	The Walpole Inn Bed and Breakfast - For a romantic weekend getaway, wedding reception, or business travel.
		Nearby amenities include the historic village of Walpole, The Hooper Golf Club, a beautiful nine hole public golf course, swimming, canoeing, hiking, fishing, biking, snow mobile trails, and cross country skiing.
		The Walpole Library and the Walpole Historical Society (seasonal) are good sources of information on Colonel Benjamin Bellows and his many descendants in the Bellows family.
		But most of all, with it's eight beautiful guest rooms, and plush accomadations, the Walpole Inn is the kind of place where you may just spurn the activities, and sleep in.
	www.walpoleinn.com (540 words)

	Robert Walpole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His mother was Mary Walpole (née Mary Burwell); he was the third of seventeen children, eight of whom died during infancy.
		Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1701-31 March 1751), who married Margaret Rolle (1709-1781), later the 15th Baroness Clifford, and had one son.
		Sir Robert Walpole's position was threatened in 1727, when George I died and was succeeded by George II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Walpole (3847 words)

	Walpole Island
		It is also known as Walpole Island, named after the "warpoles" which were long wooden starves planted in the ground with the emblems of the First Nations on them.
		Actually, Walpole Island consists of six islands with Walpole being the largest.
		Walpole Island has the distinction of being "unceded territory".
	www-personal.umich.edu /~ksands/Warpole.html (321 words)

	Walpole & Co. - Home Page
		yet able to focus vigorously on each client’s specific issue, Walpole and Co., LLP will provide you with a tailored solution to your needs.
		Often, the strongest endorsement you can receive is from someone you trust, and through our dedication and hard work over the years for our clients, we feel that we have developed a bilateral trust that is a crucial element to any accounting firm and its clients.
		Thank you for visiting the Walpole and Co., LLP website, we hope you will find the answers to any questions you may have.
	www.walpolecpa.com (223 words)

	Urban Dictionary: Walpole
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		Named for the infamous Canadian, N. Walpole, walpoling is the conscious decision to irk the living crap our of everyone around you by constantly pointing out the one thing that separates you from them, to point out that in one tiny area you are a have, rather than a have not.
		THat prison bitch, who walpoled me in the yard, is going to get a surprise later in the showers.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=Walpole (363 words)

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