Simon Targett 8.11.21 Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister and his connections to Richmond скачать в хорошем качестве

Simon Targett 8.11.21 Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister and his connections to Richmond

2021 is the 300th anniversary year of Sir Robert Walpole becoming Britain’s first, and also its longest-serving, Prime Minister. Dr Simon Targett looks at Walpole’s career and his connections with our local area, including Richmond Park. Simon Targett, a former Financial Times journalist, lives in St Margarets and is a committee member of the Richmond Local History Society. He gave a very well received talk to the Society in October 2019 on Richmond and Mortlake’s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire. His book, New World Inc: How English Merchants Founded America and Launched The British Empire, co-authored wth American business writer John Butman, was published in 2018 by Atlantic Books. It tells the story of how England’s merchant adventurers founded America before the Pilgrims.