English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
造句
Under the obvious influence of Walpole and other writers, Poe assimilates the conventions of Gothic horror. 在沃波爾及其他作家的明顯影響下，坡吸收了哥特式小說的傳統手法。
A poor general election result in 1741 made his position more unstable.A number of Whig politicians opposed Walpole\\\'s conduct of the war and he resigned in February 1742. 至于在他的個人影響下，喬治二世對沃波爾十分信賴，而其所屬的輝格黨的勢力更繼續鞏固，成為英國一大政黨。