Walpole family

{{Short description|British aristocratic family}}

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{{Infobox family

| name = Walpole

| coat_of_arms = Walpole arms.svg

| coat_of_arms_caption = Walpole coat of arms: Or, on a fesse between two chevrons sable three crosses crosslet of the fieldDebrett's Peerage, 1968, Baron Walpole, p. 1128.

| region = Norfolk, England

| members = Robert Walpole
Horace Walpole

| titles = Earl of Orford
Baron Walpole

| estate = Houghton Hall
Mannington Hall
Wolterton Hall

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The Walpole family ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɔː|l|ˌ|p|oʊ|l|,_|ˈ|w|ɒ|l|-}}) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable country houses including Houghton Hall. Heads of this family have traditionally been the Earl of Orford. Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, resided at Mannington Hall.{{cite news |title=When an Englishman's home is his business |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3293690/When-an-Englishmans-home-is-his-business.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=15 September 2001 |first=Christopher |last=Middleton |access-date=15 January 2009}} Wolterton Hall has been undergoing restoration since 2016.{{Cite journal |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/property/historic_norfolk_estate_wolterton_hall_sold_to_private_buyers_1_4500458 |title=Wolterton Hall sold to private buyers |last=Culot |first=Caroline |date=19 April 2016 |access-date=7 March 2018 |journal=Property. Eastern Daily Press |publisher=Archant Community Media Ltd}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Thomas|Thomas=Thomas Walpole
(died 1514)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Edward| |Henry|Edward=Edward Walpole
(died 1559)|Henry=Henry Walpole}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |John1| |John2| |John1=John Walpole
(died 1588)|John2=John Walpole
(died 1557)|Christopher|Christopher=Christopher Walpole}}

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{{tree chart| | | | |Edward| |Calybut| | | | | |Henry|Edward=Edward Walpole
(1560–1637)|Calybut=Calybut Walpole
(1561–1646)|Henry=Henry Walpole
(1558–1595)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Robert|Robert=Robert Walpole
(1593–1663)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Edward|Edward=Sir Edward Walpole
(1621–1668)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Robert| |Horatio|Robert=Robert Walpole
(1650–1700)|Horatio=Horatio Walpole
(1663–1717)}}

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{{tree chart|Catherine|y|Robert|~|Maria| |Horatio| |Galfridus| |Dorothy|Catherine=Catherine Shorter
(died 1737)|Robert=Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
(1676–1745)|Maria=Maria Skerrett
(died 1738)|Horatio=Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
(1678–1757)|Galfridus=Galfridus Walpole
(1683–1726)|Dorothy=Dorothy Walpole
(1686–1726)}}

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{{tree chart|Robert1| |Edward| |Horatio1| |Horatio2| |Thomas| |Richard| | | | | |Robert2|Robert1=Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
(1709–1751)|Edward=Sir Edward Walpole
(1706–1784)|Horatio1=Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
(1717–1797)|Horatio2=Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
(1723–1809)|Thomas=Thomas Walpole
(1727–1803)|Richard=Richard Walpole
(1728–1798)|Robert2=Robert Walpole
(1736–1810)}}

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{{tree chart|George1| |Maria| |Horatio| |George2| |Thomas| | | | | | | | | |Robert|George1=George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
(1730–1791)|Maria=Maria Walpole
(1736–1807)|George2=George Walpole
(1758–1835)|Horatio=Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
(1752–1822)|Thomas=Thomas Walpole
(1755–1840)|Robert=Robert Walpole
(1781–1856)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Horatio| |John| |Thomas| |Spencer| |Robert1| |Robert2|Horatio=Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
(1783–1858)|John=John Walpole
(1787–1859)|Thomas=Thomas Walpole
(1805–1881)| |Spencer=Spencer Horatio Walpole
(1808–1898)|Robert1=Sir Robert Walpole
(1808–1876)|Robert2=Robert Seymour Walpole
(1820–1910)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | |Horatio| |Frederick| |Dorothy| |Henry| |Spencer| | | | | |Somerset|Horatio=Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
(1813–1894)|Frederick=Frederick Walpole
(1822–1876)|Dorothy=Lady Dorothy Walpole
(1826–1913)|Henry=Henry Spencer Vade-Walpole
(1837–1913)|Spencer=Sir Spencer Walpole
(1839–1907)|Somerset=Somerset Walpole
(1854–1929)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | |Robert| | | | | |Horatio| | | | | | | | | |Hugh|Robert=Robert Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford
(1854–1931)|Horatio=Horatio Spencer Walpole
(1881–1918)|Hugh=Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Robert|Robert=Robert Henry Montgomerie Walpole, 9th Baron Walpole
(1913–1989)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Robert|y|Judith|Robert=Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole
(1938–2021)|Judith=Judith Schofield
(1939–1993)}}

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{{tree chart| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Alice| |Jonathan|Alice=Alice Walpole
(born 1963)|Jonathan=Jonathan Walpole, 11th Baron Walpole
(born 1967)}}

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