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The title of Earl of Orford was created several times in British history - in the Peerage of England in 1697, in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1742 for former prime minister Robert Walpole, and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1806 for Lord Walpole, Walpole's distant relation. The most recent title became extinct in 1931.1 Earls of Orford, Peerage of England ( 1697)
subisidiary titles Viscount Barfleur ( 1697) and Baron Shingay ( 1697)
2 Earls of Orford, Peerage of Great Britain ( 1742)
subsidiary titles Viscount Walpole ( 1742) and Baron Houghton ( 1742).
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford ( 1676- 1745)
- Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford ( 1701- 1751Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales. First publ)
- George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford ( 1730Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III ( 1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730- 1754) Anna Ivanova ( Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births July 12 Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795) July 26 Charles Me- 1791)
- Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford ( 1717- 1797)
3 Earls of Orford, Peerage of the United Kingdom ( 1806)
subsidiary titles Baron Walpole ( 1723), Baron Walpole of Wolterton ( 1756)
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