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An event soon happened which completely changed his plans. In 1698 his eldest surviving brother died, and he became expectant heir to the family estate of some two thousand a year. He at once resigned his scholarship and returned home, probably without taking a degree, to study his new position under the personal care of his father. The elder Walpole appears to have had peculiar notions upon the subject of practical education. It is said that if he felt himself inclined for a drinking bout he used to insist upon his son getting drunk first, in order that the youth might not be conscious of the paternal degrada tion. But perhaps his system hardly enjoyed a fair trial, for he himself died in the year 1700, leaving our Walpole the owner of the estate, subject to portions for his numerous brothers and sisters. Not long before his father's death Walpole had married Catherine Shorter, the heiress of a Lord Mayor of London, and the dowry which she brought him enabled the inheritor of Houghton to clear the estate and start with an unencumbered rent-roll. The portraits of Lady Walpole, if they do not flatter, prove her to have been a woman of great beauty, and Walpole, though he did not treat her particularly well, appears to have lived fairly happily with her during the thirty-seven years of their married life.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book portrays Sir Robert Walpole, England's first prime minister, and the era in which he lived. Walpole's career unfolded against a backdrop of frequent regime shifts, as various factions clamored for influence over the monarchy. The author emphasizes Walpole's ability to adapt and maintain the support of the people, a skill which enabled him to secure the nationâs finances, reduce religious tensions, and establish a stable government that would endure beyond his tenure. The author argues that Walpoleâs success was not merely due to his adeptness at politics, but also to his deep understanding of the people he governed. Walpole emerges from the pages not as a passive bystander, but as an active agent who shaped the destiny of his country. This book examines the prime ministerâs impact on British history, exploring the consequences of his decisions and the legacy he left behind. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330433690_0
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