John Walpole

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.[1] He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831.[2] Walpole served as private secretary to Lord Palmerston from November 1830 to August 1833, when he was appointed British Consul-General and Plentipotentiary at Santiago in Chile. Walpole was promoted to Chargé d'affaires in May 1841, and retired in March 1849.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Obituary". Gentleman's Magazine: 195. February 1860. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Lord Walpole
Marquess of Titchfield
Member of Parliament for King's Lynn
1822–1831
With: Marquess of Titchfield 1822–1824
Marquess of Titchfield 1824–1826
Lord William Bentinck 1826–1828
Lord George Bentinck 1828–1831
Succeeded by
Lord William Pitt Lennox
Lord George Bentinck
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
John White
British Consul-General and
Plenipotentiary at Santiago

1833–1841
Promotion
New title British Chargés d'Affaires in Chile
1841–1849
Succeeded by
Stephen Henry Sullivan