Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, KB, styled Lord Walpole from 1723 to 1745, was a British politician.
Portrait attributed to John Wootton, c. 1725
Heanton Satchville depicted in 1739, the inheritance of Margaret Rolle who had by then been estranged for three years from Walpole; detail from engraving in Vitruvius Britannicus with caption:"Heanton Hall and Park in Devonshire, the Seat of the Right Hon.ble Robert Lord Walpole Ld. Lieutenant of the County of Devon and Knight of the Most Hon.ble Order of the Bath"
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).