This man helped uncover Christopher Layer's conspiracy to kidnap the royal family, the Atterbury Plot.
This politician was nicknamed the "Screen-master General" for protecting his colleagues from corruption charges. This man helped uncover Christopher Layer's conspiracy to kidnap the royal family, the Atterbury Plot. He put the Lord Chamberlain in charge of theater censorship with the Licensing Act. This (*) prime minister's popularity was damaged after he pardoned the Edinburgh guard captain John Porteous, and he resigned after the disastrous battle of Cartagena de Indias. This prime minister came to power after much of the cabinet resigned or was prosecuted during the South Sea Bubble scandal. For 10 points, name this English prime minister of George I and George II, the first to hold that office.
This politician was nicknamed the "Screen-master General" for protecting his colleagues from corruption charges.
Sir Robert Walpole [accept the 1st Earl of Orford] &lt;JB History&gt;