Robert Walpole
Sir Robert Walpole (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac) was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. An android replica of Robert Walpole was among a succession of android British Prime Ministers up to Margaret Thatcher created by Tasq. (PROSE: Time Wake)
According to another account, George Villiers had earlier been Prime Minister in the 17th century. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown)
As First Lord of the Treasury, Walpole accepted 10 Downing Street as his official residence in the 1730s. He stipulated that the property should be held for the exclusive use of Britain's heads of government after him. (PROSE: The Time Travellers' Almanac)
|