Sir-Robert Walpole, b: 1676 - 1st Earl of Orford (born, Nfk)

^{1740 War of Austrian Succession begins}
^{1762 Catherine II becomes Czarina/Russia}
^{1770 Cook discovers New South Wales}
^{1776 America declares independence}
^{1789 Geo. Washington 1st USA president}

^{1666 Great Fire of London}
^{1696 Peter the Great becomes Czar}
^{1700 Britain's american colonies prosper}
^{1707 Union Act unites England/Scotland}
^{1712 Religious warfare in Switzerland}

^{1628 English curtail King's powers}
^{1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain}
^{1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland}
^{1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain}
^{1665 Great plague of London}


			^{Edward Walpole}^{b.1624 Houghton, Nfk. d.1667 Houghton, Nfk.}

		^{Robert Walpole}^{b.1650 Houghton, Nfk. d.1700 Houghton, Nfk.}	^Susan Crane^{b.1630 Chilton, Suffolk. d.1667 Houghton, Nfk.}

^{Sir-Edward Walpole}^{b. d.}	^{Sir-Robert Walpole}^{b.1676 1st Earl of Orford (, Nfk) d.1745 Piccadilly, Mddsx.}

^{Horace Walpole}^{b. d.}		^{Mary Burwell}^{b.1653 Rougham, Sfk. d.1711 Houghton, Nfk.}

^{Robert Walpole}^{b. Earl of Orford. d.}

^{Mary Walpole}^{b. d.}		^{John Shorter}^{b. d.}

	^{Catherine Shorter}^{b. d.}