had not been involved in the management of the bubble, he defended those who had. Two months after Stanhope died while himself defending the government's conduct in the House of Lords, Walpole was appointed to replace him. Led by Walpole at the 1722 general election the Whigs won a decisive victory. His premiership lasted for over twenty years, firmly establishing the Whig Party's ascendancy. Walpole was subsequently accused of hypocrisy for attacking in opposition many of the same policies that he later advocated in government. In the 1730s, a fresh group of Whigs split off to form the Patriot Whigs and established a working alliance with the Tories. In 1742 their combined strength was sufficient to bring down the Walpole government. However Whig dominance continued under Henry Pelham, a long-standing minister under Walpole, and his successor the Duke of Newcastle. References Bibliography Black, Jermey. Walpole in Power. Sutton Publishing, 2001. Dennison, Matthew. The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach. HarperCollins, 2017. Harris, Carolyn. Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting. Dundurn, 2017. Hill, Brian W. The Early Parties and Politics in Britain, 1688-1832. Macmillan, 1996. Jones, Clyve. Britain in the First Age of Party, 1687-1750. A&C Black, 1986. Murray, John Joseph. George I, the Baltic, and the Whig Split of 1717: A Study in Diplomacy and Propaganda. University of Chicago Press, 1969. Paul, Helen. The South Sea Bubble: An Economic History of Its Origins and Consequences. Routledge, 2010. Pearce, Edward. The Great Man: Sir Robert Walpole: Scoundrel, Genius and Britain's First Prime Minister. Random House, 2011. 1710s in Great Britain 1717 in Great Britain