John Walpole

{{Short description|British soldier and politician (1787–1859)}}

{{For|the earlier MP for King's Lynn|John Walpole (died 1557)}}

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|birth_date = 17 November 1787

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|death_date = 10 December 1859

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|placeofburial = Kensal Green Cemetery

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|branch = British Army

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|unit = Coldstream Guards

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• Napoleonic Wars
• Siege of Cádiz
• Battle of Barrosa
• Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
• Battle of Salamanca
• Siege of Burgos{{WIA}}
• Hundred Days

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Colonel John Walpole (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford.

He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos.{{cite journal | title=Obituary | journal=Gentleman's Magazine |date=February 1860 | pages=195 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rllrzUku6MwC&pg=PA195}} He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831.{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}} Walpole served as private secretary to Lord Palmerston from November 1830 to August 1833, when he was appointed British Consul-General and Plenipotentiary at Santiago in Chile. Walpole was promoted to Chargé d'affaires in May 1841, and retired in March 1849.