Sir Robert Walpole Memorial
SW1A 1RA Arlington St St. James's
Memorial - Sir Robert Walpole - First Prime Minister of Great Britain - King George I
During King George I’s reign, Robert Walpole became England’s first Prime Minister.
Robert Walpole and his son Horace Walpole (Novelist), memorial states that they both lived at this site - 5 Arlington Street, St James’s, London, SW1. Robert Walpole died at Arlington Street - 18th March 1745; he was in office from 1721 to 1742, the longest-serving Prime Minister in British history (Whig Party).
Many roads and towns have been named after him and the house of number 10 Downing Street, London was given to him as a gift by King George II - but he refused to accept it and insisted that it should be the official residence of Britain’s Prime Minister - which it continues to be to this present day.