Robert Walpole

Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the first.

Circa 1722, Robert Walpole met with the pirate-turned-Assassin Edward Kenway – who had taken the life and identity of Walpole's cousin Duncan years earlier – after the pirate had taken the Charlotte to kill his old rival Matthew Hague. Alongside Hague's father Sir Aubrey Hague, a Templar, Walpole offered Kenway and his crew pardons, new lives and property in exchange for Matthew Hague's life, hoping to prevent "another act of barbarism".

Walpole arranged the purchase of Edward Kenway's house in London – where Edward would spend the remainder of his life – and the introduction to the Stephensen-Oakley family, also employing Kenway's new assistant Reginald Birch.

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 * Assassin's Creed: Black Flag