Walpole, Horatio, 1678-1757 (1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton and diplomat)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1678 - 1757
Biography
Horatio (Horace) Walpole, Baron Walpole (1678-1757), diplomat, was born in Houghton, Norfolk, on 8 December 1678, and educated at Eton. He entered King's College, Cambridge, in 1698, and became a Fellow in 1702. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1700. Walpole was a Member of Parliament, 1710-1756. He was Secretary to the Treasury, 1715-1717 and 1721, and Ambassador to The Hague, 1722 and 1733-1740, and at Paris, 1723-1730. He was created Baron Walpole of Wolterton in 1756. He died at Wolterton Hall on 5 February 1757.
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Correspondence on T. Walpole's joining Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam, from Sir Matthew Decker, Horatio Walpole, Lady C. Fitzwilliam, George Clifford, and Thomas Walpole, 1747-1748
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8708/2-23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Five volumes comprising: papers relating to Thomas Walpole joining the firm of George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam; marriage contract with Elizabeth Vanneck, 1749; correspondence on political matters including the Duke of Newcastle's administration, the breakdown of relations between Britian and America, the Falkland Islands, the American Declaration of Independence, trade and affairs in the West Indies and the situation in France prior to the Revolution; family correspondence with his...
Dates:
1747-1748
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