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Arrest of Robert Walpole

Great Britain · Politics / Whig Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1712Date range
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Chronological records

1712

Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1712

Tower of London · Politics / Whig Party

Imprisoned by the Tories for corruption

Names involved

Robert Walpole Orford, 1st

Provenance

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