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Encyclopedia > Walpole

Walpole may refer to:

Or : Walpole is a town located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. ... Walpole is a town located in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. ... Walpole is situated 432 km SSE of Perth, Western Australia and 66 km west of Denmark. ...

  • Walpole Cross Keys, Norfolk
  • Walpole Highway, Norfolk
  • Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk
  • Walpole St Peter, Norfolk

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Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (765 words)
Soon after Walpole’s return to office in 1720, he was called upon to salvage the financial wreckage resulting from the South Sea Bubble, in which he himself lost a substantial amount of money.
Walpole’s plan to reduce smuggling and make London a free port by replacing tariffs on wine and tobacco with an excise tax was defeated in 1733, largely because of widespread popular prejudice against excise.
Walpole’s primacy was achieved and maintained through his own political talents and the circumstances of the time; he made little impact on constitutional development.
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