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German[de]
Ihm gelang durch geschickte Ämterpatronage eine Stabilisierung und Weiterentwicklung des parlamentarischen Systems nach dem mit der Thronbesteigung Georgs I. im Jahre 1714 vollzogenen dynastischen Übergang der Krone von den Stuarts an das Haus Hannover .
English[en]
Like his father, Robert Walpole was a zealous member of the Whig Party, which was then more powerful than the opposing Tory Party . In 1705 , Walpole was appointed a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral (then Prince George of Denmark , the husband of Queen Anne ), a body which oversaw naval affairs.