Walpole, George Chester WALPOLE, GEORGE CHESTER. Adm. pens, (age 26) at Jesus, Jan. 22, 1868. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Joseph Kidd (1826), V. of Coaley, Gloucs. B. in Sydney, N.S. Wales. Matric. Lent, 1868; B.A. 1871; M.A. 1875- Ord. deacon (Chichester), 1870; priest, 1871; C. of Holy Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1870-2. C. of St Patrick's, Hove, 1873-4- C. of Slaugham, Sussex, 1874-7- C. of St Gabriel's, PinJico, London, 1877-8. C. of Coleshill, Warws., 1879-80. C. of Slaugham, Sussex, 1881-3. C. of Amberley, 1883-9. V. of West Wittering, 1889-1914. Died at Hoggeston rectory, Bucks., Apr. 22, 1915. (Crockford; The Times, Apr. 23, 1915-) WALPOLE, GEORGE HENRY SOMERSET. Adm. sizar at Trinity, Oct. 8, 1873. [3rd] s. of the Rev. [Robert] Seymour, V. of Balderton, Notts, (and Elizabeth, 4th dau. of the Rev. Frederick Apthorpe, R. of Gumley, Leics.). B. Nov. 9, 1854, at Balderton. School, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Matric. Michs. 1873; Evans prize, 1877; B.A. (Theol. Trip., ist Class) 1877; M.A. 1881. M.A. ad. «(n(i«w, Durham. Hon. D.D., Th. Sem., New York, 1891. Ord. deacon (Truro) 1878; priest, 1879. Tutor of the Schola Cancellarii, at Truro, 1877-82. Priest- Vicar and Succentor of Truro Cathedral, 1880-2. Inc. of St Mary's Church (later the Cathedral), at Auckland, New Zealand, 1882-9. Warden of St John's College, Auckland, 1884-6. Professor of Systematic Divinity in the Gen. Theo- logical Seminary, New York, 1889-96. Principal of Bede College, Durham, 1 896-1 903. Select Preacher at Oxford, 1908-9; at Cambridge, 1902, 1909. R. of Lambeth, Surrey, 1903-10. Hon. Canon of Southwark, 1906-10. Bishop of Edinburgh, 1910-29. Married, Sept. 12, 1882, MUdred Helen, youngest dau. of Charles Foster Barham, M.D., of Truro, and had issue. Author, theological. Father of Sir Hugh Walpole, the novelist. Died, Mar. 4, 1929, in Edinburgh. [Crockford; Burke, P. and B.; Who's Who; The Times, Mar. 6, 1929.) WALPOLE, The Hon. HORACE. Adm. a nobleman (age 18) at Trinity, May 6, 1771. [Eldest] s. of Horace (1741). 2nd Baron Walpole [and ist Earl of Orford], of Wolterton, Norfolk (and Rachel, 3rd dau. of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devon- shire). [B. June 13, 1752.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1771; M.A. 1773. M.P. for Wigan, 1780-4; for King's Lynn, 1784-1809. Registrar of Chelsea Hospital, 1783. Colonel, West Norfolk MUitia, 1792. High Steward of King's Lynn, 1809-22. Married (1) July 27, 1781, Sophia (d. i797), dau. of Charles Churchill, of Chalfont, and had issue; (2) July 28, 1806, Catherine, dau. of Dr Tunstall, widow of the Rev. Thomas Chamberlayne, Fellow of Eton. Succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Orford, Feb. 24, 1809. Died June 15, 1822. Father of the next. (Eton Coll. Re?.; Burke, P. and B. (which gives B. June 24); G.E.C.) WALPOLE, HORACE. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at Trinity, Nov. 9, 1801. [Eldest] s. of Horace (above), of London (and Sophia, dau. of Charles ChurchUl). [B. June 14, 1783.1 School, Eton. M.P. for King's Lynn, 1809-22. Attach^ at St Petersburg, 1806; at Madrid, 1808; Secretary to the Embassy at St Petersburg, 1812-13; Minister there, 1813-15. A Commissioner for Indian Affairs, 1812-22. Constable of Castle Rising, 1822-58. High Steward of King's Lynn, 1822-.58. HighStewardof Great Yarmouth, 1833-6. F.R.S., 1824. Colonel, West Norfolk Militia, 1822-58. Succeeded as 3rd Earl of Orford, June 15, 1822. Married, July 23, 1812, Mary, dau. of William Augustus Fawkener, of Brockton Hall, Salop. Died Dec. 29, 1858. Father of Horatio W. (1832) (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.; G E.C.) WALPOLE, HORACE. Adm. pens, at Corpus Christi, Jan. 2, 1817. Of Middlesex. Matric. Lent, 1817. [6th s. of Robert, Minister in Portugal (by his 2nd wife, Sophia, dau. of Richard Stert, of Lisbon). B. Aug. 27, 1799 Colonel. Married, July 22, 1835, Fanny Sophia, eldest dau. of Col. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway, C.B., and had issue. Died Apr. 1886. Half-brother of Robert (1799)- (Burke, F. and B.)] WALPOLE, HORACE ORFORD SPENCER PERCIVAL ALEXANDER AUGUSTUS HAMILTON. Adm. pens, at Queens', Oct. 1893. S. of Walter Thomas. B. Nov. 4, 1870, at Beyton, Suffolk. Matric. Michs. 1893. Ord. deacon (Lichfield) 1903; priest (Lichfield, for Birmingham) 1905; C. of Birchfleld, Staffs., 1903-6. C. of Southwick with Fishersgate, Sussex, 1906-8. C. of Hurstmonceux, 1908-13. R. of Norwood, Middlesex, 1913-20. Died Oct. 10, 1920. (Crockford; The Times, Oct. 12, 1920.) WALPOLE, HORATIO ANDREW. Adm. pens, (age 19) at Magdalene, Feb. 5, 1848. [Only] s. of Francis, Esq., of Ludford Park, near Ludlow (and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas A. Knight, of Downton Castle). [B. Feb. 21, 1829.] School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1848. Died Jan. 20, 1855. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.) WALPOLE, HORATIO WILLIAM, LORD. Adm. pens, at Trinity, Feb. i, 1832. [Eldest] s. of Horace (1801) [3rd] Earl of Orford (and Mary, dau. of William Augustus Fawkener, Walpole, Thomas of Brockton Hall, Salop). B. Apr. 18, 1813. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1832. M.P. for East Norfolk, 1835-7. J. P. and D.L. for Norfolk. Succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Orford, Dec. 29, 1858. Married, Nov. 11, 1841, Harriet Bettina Frances, only child of Admiral Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds PeUew, and had issue, 2 daughters. Became a Roman Catholic. 'Very learned, ver>' cultured and eccentric. Having parted company in early days with his wife, who made her home at Florence, he lived at Mannington, Norfolk.' Died Dec. 7, 1894, and was succeeded by his nephew. (Eton Sch. Lists; Burke, P. and B.; Return 0/ M.P.s.} WALPOLE, JOSEPH [KIDD]. Adm. pens, at St John's, Apr. 12. 1826. S. of George, Esq., of Greenwich, Kent. Matric. Michs. 1826. Migrated to Trinity, Apr. 5, 1827, as Joseph Kidd Walpole. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 20, 1835; 'literate.' Missionary in Madras, 1836-7; at Bathurst, N.S.W., Australia, 1837-41; at Ashfield and Concord, 1842-5; at Sydney, 1846-8. Chaplain of the Defence, a hulk at Wool- wich, 1857-62. V. of Coaley, Gloucs., 1862-9. Author, Recollections. ..of Cambridge. Died at Wimpole Street, London, Apr. 22, 1869. Father of George C. (1868). (S.P.G. Records; Crockford; Clergy List; The Register, i. 508.) WALPOLE, REGINALD ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 20) at Caius, July 19, 1838; from Christ Church, Oxford, whence he had matric. May 19, 1836. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. R[obert] (1799), (and Caroline Frances, youngest dau. of John Hyde, Judge in Calcutta). [B. Dec. 8, 1817.] Schools, private and Bersted, Sussex. Matric. Michs 1838; Browne model, 1841; B.A. 1842; members' prize, 1842, 1843: M.A. 1845. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 9, 1842. Called to the Bar, May i, 1846. Migrated to Gray's Inn, Nov. 22, 1848. Equity draftsman and conveyancer. Reader in real property law at the Inns of Court, 1852. Of Hanslope Lodge, Stony Stratford, Bucks. Married (i) May i, 1849, Anne Eliza, 3rd dau. of John Heaton, of Plas Heaton, Denbighshire, and had issue, i dau; (2) Jan. 17, 1856, Caroline, widow of William Watts, of Hanslope Park, and dau. of the Rev. Frederick Apthorp, and had issue, 3 daughters. Died July 28, 1880, at Brighton. (Venn, 11. 245; Al. Oxon.; Law Lists; Inns of Court; Burke, P. and B.) WALPOLE, RICHARD HENRY {1819), see VADE. WALPOLE, ROBERT. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Oct. 15, 1799; from Merton College, Oxford, whence he had matric. July 5, 1797. [Eldest] s. of Robert [Envoy to Portugal and Clerk of the Privy Council], of Lisbon (by his ist wife, Diana, dau. of Walter Grosset). B. Aug. 8, 1781. School, Charter- house. Matric. Michs. 1800; Scholar; Browne medal, 1801; B.A. 1803 ; M.A. 1809 ; B.D. 1828. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, May 2, 1803. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 18, 1808; priest. May 28, 1809. R. of Itteringham and Mannington, Norfolk, 1809-56. R. of TivetshaU, St John and St Mary, 1816-28. R. of Christ Church, Marylebone, 1828-56. Married, Feb. 6, 1811, Caroline Frances, youngest dau. of John Hyde, Judge at Calcutta. Author, Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey; Travels in various Countries of the East; Specimens of scarce Translations of the seventeenth century from the Latin Poets, etc. Died Apr. 16, 1856, in Harewood Street, London. Father of Reginald R. (1838); half-brother of Horace (1817). (Al. Oxon.; Inns of Court; Clergy List; Burke, P. and B.; G. Mag., 1856, I. 659; D.N.B.) WALPOLE, SPENCER HORATIO. Adm. pens, (age 18) at Trinity, Mar. 22, 1824. [2nd] s. of Thomas (next) [of Stagbury, Surrey] (and Margaret, youngest dau. of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont). B. Sept. ii, 1806, at Epsom, Surrey. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1824; B..\. 1828; M.A. 1831; Hon. LL.D. i860. President of the Union, 1827. Deputy High Steward, 1887-98. One of the original members of the 'Apostles' Club. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 23, 1827. CaUed to the Bar, June 10, 1831. Q.C., 1846; Bencher, 1846; Treasurer, 1870. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1853. Chairman of the G.W.R. M.P. for Midhurst, 1846-56; for Cambridge University, 1856-82. Home Secretary, 1852, 1858-9, 1866. Member of the Cabinet without Office, 1867-8. P.C. F.R.S., i860. Married, Oct. 6, 1835, his cousin, Isabella, 4th dau. of the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval (Prime Minister), and had issue. Died May 22, 1898. (Law Lists; Inns of Court; Foster, Men at the Bar; Burke, P. and B.; Who was Who; D.N.B.) WALPOLE, THOMAS. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Trinity, Jan. 16, 1773. [Eldest] s. of the Hon. Thomas, M.P., of Carshalton, Surrey (and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Joshua van Neck, 1st Bart.). B. May 23, 1755. School, Eton. Matric. Lent, 1774; M.A. 1775. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Jan. 21, 1772. Ensign, 12 th Foot, 1775. Envoy-extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Munich, 1783-96. Of Stagbury Park, Surrey Married, Dec. 1, 1803, Margaret, 8th dau. of John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont. Died Nov. 3, 1840. Father of the above. (Eton Coll. Reg.; Inns of Court; Burke, P. and B., 332