Earl of Orford
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Earl of Orford is a title that has been created three times.
Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford
The title derives from Orford, Suffolk, an important port in the Tudor era (1588 image).
Robert Walpole
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, ser
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c. 1740
Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to Speak in the House of Commons by William Hogarth
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter