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About Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, from 1756 styled The Hon. Robert Walpole, was the fourth son of the 1st Baron Walpole, who was the younger brother of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, and his wife, Mary Magdalen Lombard. He served as an extra clerk of the Privy Council from 1749 until 1764, when he replaced Henry Fane as one of the Clerks in Ordinary. After serving as secretary of the British embassy in Paris (1768-1769) and as Minister Plenipotentiary (1769-1771), he was envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Portugal from 1771 to 1800. One of his sons was Major-General George Walpole (1758–1835), under-secretary for foreign affairs in 1806.
Everything about Robert Walpole →- Occupation
- diplomat, politician
- Position held
- ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- May 3, 1736
- Died
- April 19, 1810