Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess...
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Maria, Lady Walpole (née Skerret, Skerritt, or Skerrett; 1702 – 4 June 1738) was the second wife of British politician and Prime Minister Robert Walpole...
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician...
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postmaster, she was the partner of Edward Walpole and mother of his four children, including Maria Walpole, who became Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh...
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succession of mistresses. He lived with Maria Skerrett at both Richmond, Surrey, and at Houghton while Lady Walpole was still alive. She aroused controversy...
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Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. Since 1797 holders also hold the title of Baron Walpole of...
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Her mother, the Duchess of Gloucester, born Maria Walpole, was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole. She was privately baptized in a drawing room...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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1764, he began to court Maria Walpole, the Dowager Countess of Waldegrave, an illegitimate granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole. He initially wished for...
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generation Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3rd generation Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess...
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and his wife, the former Maria Walpole, the granddaughter of Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Maria later became Duchess of Gloucester...
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and Maria Walpole, the illegitimate child of Sir Edward Walpole by his mistress, Dorothy Clement. She had two younger sisters, Lady Charlotte Maria, later...
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Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Princess Sophia of Gloucester, in 1844; daughter of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole Princess...
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George III in 1760. On 15 May 1759, he married Maria Walpole, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole, at Sir Edward's house in Pall Mall by special...
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The Walpole family (/ˈwɔːlˌpoʊl, ˈwɒl-/) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Russian: Марія Александровна, romanized: Mariya Aleksandrovna; 17 October [O.S. 5 October] 1853 – 24 October...
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activist against Nazism Maria Dorothea Wagner (1719–1792), German painter Maria Walliser (born 1963), Swiss alpine skier Maria Walpole (1736–1807), Duchess...
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Strawberry Hill House (section Under Horace Walpole)
a Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London, by Horace Walpole (1717–1797) from 1749 onward. It is a typical example of the "Strawberry...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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generation Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3rd generation Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess...
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shows the three daughters of James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, and Maria Walpole – from left to right, Charlotte (holding a skein of silk), Elizabeth...
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generation Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3rd generation Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess...
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t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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generation Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3rd generation Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess...
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of Saints Olga and Sophia (Kingdom of Greece) Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 24 May 1913 (Spain) Order of the Medjidie, Special Class for Ladies...
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the only daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. Her father was a grandson of Christian IX of Denmark...
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generation Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3rd generation Maria Walpole Anne Luttrell 4th generation Duchess Caroline of Brunswick Princess...
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