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Great Britain in 1721

Historical records for Great Britain in 1721, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
4Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

April

3 April 17211st Prime MinisterRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Britains 1st Prime Minister

3 April 1721Constitution of Great BritainRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Britains 1st Prime Minister

3 April 1721Prime Minister of Great BritainRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term

15 April 1721Birth of William AugustusWilliam Augustus Cumberland

House / House of Hanover

Birth of William Augustus, 2nd surviving son of George II & Caroline of Ansbach

Other Events

1721First Lord of the TreasuryRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed First Lord of the Treasury

1721Lord TreasurerHenry Pelham

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Lord of the Treasury

1721Paymaster GeneralRobert Walpole Orford, 1st

Government / Whig Party Government

Appointed Paymaster General

1721Public Credit StabilisationRobert Walpole

London · Economy / Public Finance

Walpole's government restructures liabilities and restores confidence in British public credit.

Names involved

Henry PelhamRobert WalpoleRobert Walpole Orford, 1stWilliam Augustus Cumberland

Places involved

London

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.