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Galfridus Walpole

Naval officer, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, British MP · Politicians · Lived 1683 to 1726 · aged 43

Galfridus Walpole was a Royal Navy officer, politician and postmaster general of the Kingdom of Great Britain. He lost his right arm after a naval battle against the French in Vado Bay, Italy, in 1711 and commanded ships for another nine years.

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He sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1721, when he took office as joint postmaster general.

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Politicians
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Lived 1683 to 1726 · aged 43