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    Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (née Walpole; 10 July 1736 – 22 August 1807) was a member of the British royal family. She was the Countess...
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  • Maria, Lady Walpole (née Skerret, Skerritt, or Skerrett; 1702 – 4 June 1738) was the second wife of British politician and Prime Minister Robert Walpole...
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    Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig politician...
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  • postmaster, she was the mistress of Edward Walpole and mother of his four children, including Maria Walpole, who became Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh...
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    succession of mistresses. He lived with Maria Skerrett at both Richmond, Surrey, and at Houghton while Lady Walpole was still alive. She aroused controversy...
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    t e Spouses of British prime ministers Great Britain Catherine Walpole Maria Walpole Catherine Pelham Harriet Pelham-Holles Mary Stuart Elizabeth Grenville...
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    Her mother, the Duchess of Gloucester, born Maria Walpole, was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Walpole. She was privately baptized in a drawing room...
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    Baron Walpole of Walpole in the County of Norfolk is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. Since 1797 holders also hold the title of Baron Walpole of...
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    activist against Nazism Maria Dorothea Wagner (1719–1792), German painter Maria Walliser (born 1963), Swiss alpine skier Maria Walpole (1736–1807), Duchess...
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    1764, he began to court Maria Walpole, the Dowager Countess of Waldegrave, an illegitimate granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole. He initially wished for...
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