Editing Robert Walpole (section)

== External links ==
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* [https://history.blog.gov.uk/2014/11/20/sir-robert-walpole-whig-1721-1742/ Robert Walpole's biography on the UK history of government blog]
* [http://www.houghtonhall.com/ Houghton Hall]
* [http://www.cholmondeleycastle.com/ Cholmondeley Castle]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp03376 Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford] at the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], London
* [http://www.edwardjdavies.info/PMs/walpole.htm Ancestors of Robert Walpole]

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