Excerpt from General Biography, or Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Vol. 10: Arranged According to Alphabetical Order Walpole, robert, Earl of Orford, a distinguished English minister of state, was the third son of Robert Walpole, Esq. A gentleman of ancient family in norfolk. He was born at Houghton, his father's seat, in August 1676, and received his school-education partly in his, native county and partly at Eton; and ir' is said that at this early period he displayed very pro mising talents for public Speaking. In 1696. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.