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THE 10TH BARON WALPOLE OF WALPOLE and Baron Walpole of Wolterton (Robert (Robin) Horatio Walpole, JP (Norfolk 1972)) [The Rt Hon The Lord Walpole, Mannington Hall, Norwich, Norfolk NR11 7BB]; born 8 Dec 1938; succeeded f 1989; educated Eton and King's College Cambridge (BA 1961, MA 1966, Dip Ag 1962); CC Norfolk 1970–81 (chm various ctees), chm: Area Museums Serv for SE England 1976–79, Norwich Sch of Art 1977–87, Textile Conservation Centre 1981–88 (pres 1988), E Anglian Tourist Bd 1982–88; memb: Ag Sub-Ctee European Communities Ctee 1991–94, Select Ctee European Communities 1997–99 (Sub-Ctee Ag, Environment, Public Health & Consumer Protection 2001–); elected memb Ho Lds 1999; Hon Fell St Mary's College Strawberry Hill; married 1st 30 June 1962 (divorce 1979) (Sybil) Judith (died 1993), youngest daughter of Theodore Thomas Schofield, FDS, MRCS, LRCP, of Harpenden, Herts, and has:

1a +JONATHAN ROBERT HUGH; born 16 Nov 1967; educated Eton and Manchester U

2a +Benedict Thomas Orford; born 1 June 1969; educated Eton; married 2000 •Eleanor, daughter of Leslie Hawkes

1a •Alice Louise; born 1 Sept 1963; educated Norwich High Sch and New Hall Cambridge; married 1990 •Dr Angel Cesar Carro, younger son of Herminio Carro Castrillo, of Geneva, and has:

1b •Inigo Robert; born 6 June 1996

2b •Ralph Horatio; born 9 Sept 1999

3b •Edmund Gabriel (twin); born 9 Sept 1999

1b •Hester; born 8 Dec 1990

2b •Beatrice (twin); born 8 Dec 1990

3b •Isobel; born 16 Sept 1993

2a •Emma Judith; born 10 Oct 1964; educated Norwich HS and Durham U; married 29 Aug 1998 •Timothy Walsh, younger son of Brian Walsh, of Malvern, Adelaide, S Australia, and has:

1b •Milo Montgomery; born 14 Dec 2002

1b •Josephine India; born 10 May 2000

The 10th BARON married 2nd 1980 •Laurel Celia, only daughter of Sidney Tom Ball, of Swindon, Wilts, and by her has:

3a +Roger Horatio Calibut; born 10 Aug 1980; educated Eton and St Andrews U

4a +Henry William; born 18 Jan 1982; educated King's Sch Canterbury and Aberystwyth U

3a •Grace Mary; born 16 April 1986

Earldom of Orford (see below): An earlier creation of this title was in favour of Edward Russell, nephew of the 1st Duke of Bedford (qv).

Lineage: The WALPOLES are said to descend from John de Walpole, who fl c 1250, and had their seat at Houghton, Norfolk, from the late 13th century.

THOMAS WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Jane, daughter of William Cobbe, of Sandringham, Norfolk, and had, with a younger son (Henry) and daughter (Agnes, married 1st Thomas Russell, married 2nd – Halliday):

EDWARD WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Lucy, daughter of Sir Terry Robsart, of Sidestone, Norfolk, and had, with two younger sons (Richard; Terry) and a daughter (Elizabeth, married Martin Cobb, of Snettisham, Norfolk):

JOHN WALPOLE, of Houghton; cousin and heir of Amy, Lady Dudley, daughter and heir of Sir John Robsart; married Katherine, daughter and coheir of William Callybutt, of Coxforthe, Norfolk, and had, with an elder son (Edward, died without issue ) and three daughters (Elizabeth; Bona; Katherine):

CALYBUT WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Elizabeth, daughter of Edmond Bacon, of Hessert, Suffolk, and had, with three younger sons (John; Calybut; Bacon) and a daughter (Elizabeth, married Thomas Clifton, of Toptrees, Norfolk):

ROBERT WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Susan, daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, of Southacre, Norfolk, and had:

Sir EDWARD WALPOLE, KB (23 April 1661); MP in the Parl which restored CHARLES II; married 1649 Susan, 3rd daughter of Sir Robert Crane, 1st and last Bt, of Chilton, Suffolk, and had, with a younger son (Horatio) and four daughters (Ann; Dorothy; Susan; Mary):

ROBERT WALPOLE; born c 1650; MP Castle Rising, Norfolk, 1689–1700; married Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey Burwell, of Rougham, Suffolk, and was buried 18 Nov 1700, leaving, with two elder sons (died young):

1a Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, 1st EARL OF ORFORD, Co Suffolk, so created 6 Feb 1741/2, as also BARON OF HOUGHTON, Co Norfolk, and VISCOUNT WALPOLE, Co Suffolk (all GB), KG (1726), KB (1725), PC (1714); born 26 Aug 1676; educated Eton and King's College Cambridge (LLD 1728); MP Castle Rising 1701–02 and King's Lynn 1702–42, memb Cncl Lord High Adml 1705–08, Sec at War 1708–10, Treasurer Navy 1710–11, Paymaster Forces 1714–15 and 1720–21, Chllr Exchequer 1715–17 and 1721–Feb 1741/2 and 1st Lord Treasury (in effect PM, usually regarded as the first such), High Steward: Yarmouth 1733–45 and King's Lynn 1738–45; married 1st 30 July 1700 Catherine (died 20 Aug 1737), daughter of John Shorter (s of Sir John Shorter, Lord Mayor London) by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Bt (see SAINT DAVIDS, V); married 2nd by 3 March 1737/8 his mistress Maria (died 4 June 1738), only child of Thomas Skerret, by whom he had before their marriage a daughter Maria (aged under 21 in Dec 1744), though he procured her rank of an earl's legitimate dau, and died 18 March 1744/5, having by his 1st wife had, with another daughter (died unm):

1b ROBERT WALPOLE, 1st Baron Walpole of Walpole, Co Norfolk (GB), so created 1 June 1723 vp, with remainder, in default of the issue male of himself, his bros and his f, to the male descendants of his gf, and 2nd EARL OF ORFORD, KB (1925); born c 1701; educated Eton; Clerk of the Pells 1721–39, Lord Lt Devon 1733–51, Auditor Exchequer 1739–51; married 1724 Margaret (who succeeded eventually to the Barony of CLINTON (qv) and married 2nd Hon Sewallis Shirley (see FERRERS, E)), daughter and sole heiress of Samuel Rolle, of Heanton, Devon, and died 31 March 1751, when he was succeeded by his wife's only son (it was said by more than one contemporary that the biological f was someone else, possibly Sir George Oxenden, 5th Bt):

1c GEORGE WALPOLE, 2nd Baron Walpole of Walpole and 3rd EARL OF ORFORD; born 2 April 1730; educated Eton and (?) King's College Cambridge; a Lord Bedchamber (Whig) 1755–82, Ranger St James's 1784–91 and Hyde Parks 1763–83; died unmarried (and insane from 1773) 5 Dec 1791

2b Edward (Sir), KB; Ch Sec Ireland; died unm, leaving illegitimately:

1c Edward; born 1737; Cornet Army 1755 or 1756, later Lt-Col; died 1771

1c Laura or Louisa; married 13 Sept 1758 Rt Rev and Hon Frederick Keppel, s of 2nd Earl of Albemarle (qv), and died 27 July 1813, leaving issue

2c Maria Walpole; born 3 July 1739; married 1st 17 May 1759 2nd Earl Waldegrave (qv) and had issue; married 2nd 6 Sept 1766 HRH WILLIAM HENRY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, was mother of HRH WILLIAM FREDERICK DUKE OF GLOUCESTER and HRH PRINCESS SOPHIA MATILDA OF GLOUCESTER and died 22 Aug 1807

3c Charlotte; married 2 Oct 1770 5th Earl of Dysart (see 1970 edn) and died without issue 5 Sept 1789

3b HORATIO (HORACE) WALPOLE, 3rd Baron Walpole of Walpole and 4th and last EARL OF ORFORD; born 5 Oct 1717; educated Eton, King's College Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn; Ch Usher, Clerk of Estreats and Comptroller of the Pipe 1738–97, MP (Whig) Callington, Cornwall, 1741–54, Castle Rising 1754–57 and King's Lynn 1757–68, FRS Feb 1746/7, FSA 1753, belle-lettrist and novelist, accomplished the Grand Tour 1739–41 with the poet Thomas Gray (whose Odes he published from his private press 1757), bought a villa at Twickenham which he transformed into a Gothick mansion (the celebrated Strawberry Hill), author: Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England (1758), The Castle of Otranto (first of the Gothick novels 1764), The Mysterious Mother (blank verse tragedy 1768), Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole (1774), Memoirs of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second (1822), Memoirs of the Reign of George the Third (1845) and Journal of the Reign of King George the Third from the Year 1771 to 1783 (1859), publisher/editor: Aedes Walpolianae (1747), Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England (1758), Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762–71), Catalogue of Engravers who Have Been Born or Resided in England (1763), Historic Doubts of the Life and Reign of Richard III (1768), Essay on Modern Gardening (1785) and an edn of Lucan's Pharsalia (1760, with notes by the classical scholar Richard Bentley); after his death he acquired an even wider reputation as a social historian, chiefly through his voluminous correspondence, most notably with Sir Horace Mann, then British Ambassador in Naples; died unmarried 2 March 1797, when all his honours expired bar the Barony of Walpole of Walpole

1b Mary; born c 1705; married 14 Sept 1723 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (see CHOLMONDELEY, M) and died 2 Jan 1731/2, leaving issue

2a HORATIO WALPOLE, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, Co Norfolk (GB), so created 4 June 1756, PC (GB 1730, I 1720); born 8 Dec 1678; educated Eton, King's College Cambridge (BA, MA, Fell 1702–14) and Lincoln's Inn; MP (Whig) Lostwithiel 1710, Castle Rising 1710–15, Beeralston 1715–17, E Looe 1718–22, Gt Yarmouth 1722–34, Norwich 1734–56; diplomat (Min Plen The Hague Jan-April 1715, Oct 1715–Oct 1716 and May-July 1722, Envoy Extrdny Paris 1721 and Jan 1723/4, Amb Paris 1724–27 and 1727–30 and The Hague 1734–39), U-Sec North 1708–10 and 1714–15, Commr Revenue 1714–16, Sec Treasury 1715–17 and 1721, Surveyor and Auditor-Gen Revenue America (for life) 1717, Sec State Ireland 1720–21 and Cofferer Household 1730–41; married 21 July 1720 Mary Magdalen, daughter and coheir of Peter Lombard, and died 5 Feb 1757, leaving, with other daughters:

1b HORATIO WALPOLE, 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 4th Baron Walpole of Walpole, as which succeeded cousin 1797, created also 10 April 1806 EARL OF ORFORD (UK); born 12 June 1723; MP (Whig) King's Lynn 1747–57; married 12 May 1748 Rachel (died 8 May 1805), daughter of 3rd Duke of Devonshire (qv), and died 24 Feb 1809, having had, with other issue (died unm):

1c HORATIO WALPOLE, 3rd Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 5th Baron Walpole of Walpole and 2nd EARL OF ORFORD; born 24 June 1752; married 1st 27 July 1781 Sophia (died 1797), daughter of Charles Churchill, and had, with other issue:

1d HORATIO WALPOLE, 4th Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 6th Baron Walpole of Walpole and 3rd EARL OF ORFORD; born 14 June 1783; High Steward Borough of Lynn, Col W Norfolk Militia; married 23 July 1812 Mary (died 4 Feb 1860), daughter of William Augustus Fawkener, of Brocton Hall, Salop, and died 29 Dec 1858, having had:

1e HORATIO WILLIAM WALPOLE, 5th Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 7th Baron Walpole of Walpole and 4th EARL OF ORFORD, DL; born 18 April 1813; married 11 Nov 1841 Harriet Bettina Frances (died 9 Nov 1886), only child of Hon Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew (see EXMOUTH, V), and died 7 Dec 1894, leaving:

1f Dorothy Elizabeth Mary; married 25 Feb 1868 the Duke Del Balzo, of Naples, only son of the Marquis della Señora del Balzo, Grandee Spain 1st Cl, and died 1921

2f Maude Mary; married 11 Nov 1871 Count Salvatore Griefeo and Gravana, Prince Palagonia, Grandee Spain 1st Cl, and died 2 June 1874

2e Henry; born 1 May 1818; married 3 July 1845 Cecilia Elizabeth (died 20 May 1887), daughter of John Macalister, of Strathaird, and died without issue 6 Nov 1876

3e Frederick; born 18 Sept 1822; Cdr RN, MP N Norfolk; married 12 Feb 1852 his cousin Laura Sophia Frances (died 26 Jan 1901), only daughter of Francis Walpole, and died 1 April 1876, leaving:

1f ROBERT HORACE WALPOLE, 6th Baron Walpole of Wolterton, 8th Baron Walpole of Walpole and 5th and last EARL OF ORFORD, JP (Norfolk and Norwich), DL (Norfolk); born 10 July 1854; Lt RN and Capt 4th Bn Norfolk Regt, attd Special Embassy to King of Spain's wedding 1877 (Order Charles III Spain), Priv Sec to his cousin Sir Henry Wolff's E Roumelian Commn 1878 and his Special Mission to Egypt 1886; married 1st 17 May 1888 Louise Melissa (died 4 May 1909), daughter of D C Corbin, of New York, and had:

1g Horatio Corbin; born 9 Jan 1891; died 20 May 1893

1g Dorothy Rachel Melissa; born 11 March 1889; FRGS, memb Portuguese Geographical Soc; married 22 June 1916 (divorce 1933) Capt Arthur Hobart Mills (died 18 Feb 1955), DCLI, eldest son of Rev Barton Reginald Vaughan Mills, and died without issue 4 Dec 1959

1f (cont.) The 6th/8th Baron and 5th EARL married 2nd 15 Sept 1917 Emily Gladys, youngest daughter of Rev Thomas Henry Royal Oakes, Rector Thurgarton, Norwich, and died without surviving male issue 27 Sept 1931, when the Earldom expired, having by her had:

2g Gladys Grace Sophia; born 4 Sept 1918; died 9 June 1919

3g •Anne Sophia, JP (1964) [The Lady Anne Berry, Hackfalls Arboretum, PO Box 3, Tiniroto, Gisborne, New Zealand]; born 11 Dec 1919; VMH 1986, Hon FRHS 1988, Hon DSc Exeter 1990, Chm Internat Dendrology Soc 1982–87, V-Pres Internat Dendrology Soc England 1988–; married 1st 25 Nov 1939 Col Joseph Eric Palmer, CBE, TD, JP, DL (died 1980), 2nd son of Joseph Palmer, of Lymm, Cheshire; married 2nd 1990 •Robert James Berry, of Tiniroto, NZ, and has by her 1st husb:

1h •John Robert [John Palmer Esq, Hillcroft House, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset TA2 8HW]; born 6 March 1943; educated Eton; Capt RHG 1962–68; married 1st 9 Oct 1971 Carolyn, only daughter of William Henry Atkinson-Clarke, of Ashintully Castle, Kirkmichael, Blairgowrie; married 2nd •Mrs Alison Ann Allinson, daughter of Dr Noel Ian Bartholomew, of The Old Vicarage, N Bavant, Wilts

2h •Anthony Eric Fletcher; born 4 Nov 1945; educated Eton; ACA; married 31 March 1970 (divorce 1995) Nicola Mary, only daughter of H Maude, of Gisborne, NZ

2f Clare Horatio; born 21 Nov 1858; married Ann Gardner, of Nelson, Va., and died 6 May 1906, leaving:

1g Amye; married Hugh Wheelwright Davis and died 19–, leaving:

1h Walpole; born 8 April 1914; educated U of Virginia; married 30 Sept 1944 •Lucie Morton, and died 25 March 1995, leaving:

1i •Walpole; born 19 Sept 1948; educated Aiglon College Switzerland

1i •Anne Taylor; born 19 Sept 1949; educated Monte Rosa College Switzerland

2h Horace Walpole; born 5 Aug 1921; educated U of Virginia; married 8 March 1956 •Caralee Burson [Mrs Horace Walpole Davis, 250 Pantops Mountain Rd, Charlottesville VA 22911, USA], daughter of Donald Leyland Young, of Pasadena, CA, and died 29 Jan 1998

1f Amye Rachel; married 16 April 1872 4th Viscount Canterbury and died 23 Jan 1935, leaving issue (see RUTLAND, D)

1e Rachel Katherine; married 24 Feb 1842 4th Earl of Mexborough (qv) and died 21 June 1854, leaving issue

2e Dorothy Fanny; married 2 Dec 1847 Reginald Henry Nevill and died 24 March 1913, leaving issue (see ABERGAVENNY, M)

1d Maria; married 9 Aug 1817 Martin John West, barrister, Commr Bankrupts Leeds Dist, Recorder Lynn, and died 6 Dec 1870

2d Harriet; married 17 April 1817 Sir William Hoste, 1st Bt, KBE, Post Capt RN (died 6 Dec 1828; see 1902 edn), and died 18 April 1875, leaving issue

3d Georgiana Mary; married 6 Feb 1827 Rev Joseph Wolff, DD, LLD (died 2 May 1862), Vicar Isle Brewers, Somerset, and died 16 Jan 1859, leaving:

1e Henry Drummond (Sir), GCB, GCMG; MP 1874–85; died 11 Oct 1908

1c (cont.) The 3rd/5th Baron and 2nd EARL married 2nd 28 July 1806 Catherine Tunstall (died 1807), widow of Rev Edward Chamberlayne, and died 15 June 1822

2c George; born 20 June 1758; died May 1835

1c Mary; married 4 Aug 1777 Thomas Hussey, of Galtrim, Co Meath

2b Thomas; born 6 Oct 1727; MP; married 14 Nov 1753 Elizabeth (died 9 June 1760), eldest daughter of Sir Joshua Vanneck, Bt (see HUNTINGFIELD, B), and died March 1803, leaving, with two daughters (died unm):

1c Thomas, of Stagbury Park, Surrey; born 23 May 1755; Envoy Extrdy and Min Plen Bavaria; married 1 Dec 1803 Margaret (died 12 Dec 1854), 5th daughter of 2nd Earl of Egmont (qv), and died 3 Nov 1840, leaving:

1d Thomas (Rev); born 30 Sept 1805; MA Oxon; Rector Alverstoke, Hants, Hon Canon Winchester; married 15 Jan 1833 Margaret Harriet Isabella (died 29 June 1876), eldest daughter of Col Henry Hugh Mitchell, and died 8 Feb 1881, having had, with another s (died young) and two daughters (died unm):

1e Henry Spencer WALPOLE later VADE-WALPOLE (roy licence 27 Oct 1892), of Stagbury and Freethorpe, Norfolk; born 10 March 1837; barrister; married 19 July 1877 Frances Selina (died 17 Sept 1924), 2nd daughter of Thomas Bourke and widow of Denzil Thomas Chamberlayne, and died 1 March 1913, leaving:

1f Thomas Henry Bourke; born 2 Sept 1879; Lt 10th Bn Gordon Highrs; died unmarried killed in action France 20 Sept 1915

2f Horatio Spencer WALPOLE later VADE-WALPOLE later still WALPOLE again (deed poll 1913); born 19 June 1881; educated New College Oxford (BA); Lt Coldstream Gds, slr; married 3 July 1906 Dorothea Frances (died 10 Jan 1971), only daughter of Frederick Molyneux Montgomerie, of S Kensington, and was killed in action 9 April 1918, leaving:

1g ROBERT HENRY MONTGOMERIE WALPOLE, 7th Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 9th Baron Walpole of Walpole, TD; born 25 April 1913; educated Eton, Wye Ag College and RAC Cirencester; Capt RA; married 14 July 1937 Nancy Louisa, OBE (1977), JP (Norfolk 1941), past pres BRCS Norfolk (died 16 June 2002), youngest daughter of Frank Harding Jones, of Kensington, and died 1989, having had:

1h ROBERT HORATIO WALPOLE, 8th and present Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 10th Baron Walpole of Walpole

2h Jonathan Henry; born 27 July 1951; died 26 Jan 1961

1h Mary; born 19 Nov, died 20 Nov 1948

2h •Phillida Ann [The Hon Mrs Hurn, Beck Farm, Calthorpe, Norwich NR11 7NG]; born 18 Jan 1950; married 1st 6 Jan 1973 (divorce 1981) Clive Grainger Morgan-Evans, only son of Clive Victor Evans, of Cheswardine, Salop, and has:

1i •Edward Grainger; born 25 June 1973; educated Framlingham College; trainee Lotus; married 7 Aug 1999 •Hilary Margaret, daughter of John Adams, of Thorpe Market, Norfolk, and has:

1j •Camilla Alice; born 5 May 2002

2i •Daniel Rupert; born 2 May 1977; educated Framlingham College and RAC Cirencester; with a Aviation Broker London

2h (cont.) The Hon Mrs Phillida Morgan-Evans married 2nd 1983 •Anthony Hurn

1g Pamela Frances, OBE (1960, MBE 1954), JP (Norfolk 1949); born 22 Feb 1908; granted 22 July 1939 rank of baron's dau, memb: WLA 1939, RDC 1944–70 (chm Smallburgh RDC 1961–66); died June 1989

2e Horatio John Thomas; born 26 July 1842; Lt-Col Rifle Bde; died 28 Feb 1924

3e Ralph Charles; born 5 June 1844; Librarian H of C; married 21 June 1924 Emily Fraser, widow of Latimer T Le Merchant, and died 20 Feb 1928

1e Henrietta Elizabeth; married 15 April 1856 Maj John James Charles Irby and died 17 Jan 1916, leaving issue (see BOSTON, B)

2d Spencer Horatio, PC; born 11 Sept 1806; MP Cambridge U 1856–82, QC, LLD, FRS, Home Sec 1852, 1858 and 1866; married 6 Oct 1835 Isabella (died 16 July 1886 aged 84), daughter of Rt Hon Spencer Perceval (see EGMONT, E), and died 22 May 1898, leaving, with a daughter (died unm):

1e Spencer (Sir), KCB; born 6 Feb 1839; Clerk War Office 1858, Inspr Fisheries 1867, Govr IOM 1893–99, Hon LLD Edinburgh, Hon LittD Oxon; married 12 Nov 1867 Marion Jane (died 9 May 1912), younger daughter of Sir John Digby Murray of Blackbarony, 10th Bt (qv), and died 7 July 1907, having had:

1f Spencer Digby; born 17 April 1869; died 22 Feb 1871

1f Maud Constance; born 6 May 1870; married 9 Nov 1897 Francis Caldwell Holland (see KNUTSFORD, V) and died 23 March 1949

2e Horatio George (Sir), KCB, JP; born 9 Sept 1843; Assist U-Sec India 1883–1907, Sec Roy Commn on Civil Establishments 1886–90; married 23 June 1870 Selina Maria (died 5 Nov 1925), daughter of John Thomas Perceval (see EGMONT, E), and died 29 June 1923, leaving:

1f Reginald Horace; born 27 Oct 1875; educated New College Oxford (BA); barrister; married 16 Dec 1905 Agnes Edwardine Brewster (died 5 Feb 1952), elder daughter of Rev Preb F Hancock, of The Priory, Dunster, and died without issue 24 March 1946

2f Robert Spencer Hobhouse; born 11 Jan 1881; educated Wellington; Maj Rifle Bde; married 5 June 1923 Edith Winifred (died 1978), youngest daughter of S H Keeling, of Parkfield, Kenilworth, and died 1975, leaving:

1g Horace Jeremy Spencer; born 8 Sept 1924; educated RNC Dartmouth; Lt-Cdr RN; married 5 April 1950 •Mary Elizabeth Bruce [Mrs Horace Walpole, Old Forge, Ashton Keynes, Wilts SN6 6NX], only daughter of Harold Joseph Kidman, and died 20 Sept 2002, leaving:

1h +Robert Charles Spencer; born 9 Aug 1955; educated Wellington; married 1st 14 Feb 1975 (divorce 1986) Diana Rosemary Bishop and has:

1i +Daniel Nicholas Spencer; born 15 Jan 1977

2i +Thomas James; born 7 May 1980

1i •Theresa; born 23 Oct 1975

1h (cont.) Robert C S Walpole married 2nd 5 Sept 1987 •Judith, daughter of Carrick McLelland, of Wester Housebyes, Melrose, and by her has:

2i •Catherine Mary; born 4 March 1992

3i •Helen; born 11 July 1995

1h •Caroline Mary Bruce; born 20 Jan 1951

2h •Elizabeth Jane Bruce; born 11 Jan 1953; has by •Dr Peter Lawrence:

1i •Emma Victoria; born 4 March 1990

2i •Charlotte Alice; born 2 June 1991

3h •Lucy Margaret Bruce [Mrs Stephen Ashcroft, 69 Castle Hill Farm, Cricklade, Swindon SN6 6LN]; born 9 Aug 1955; married 12 Oct 1974 •Stephen Ashcroft and has:

1i •Simon James; born 16 Nov 1975

2i •Christopher Andrew Jeremy; born 23 April 1981

1i •Caroline Jennifer; born 14 June 1978

4h •Charlotte Victoria Bruce [Ms Charlotte Walpole, The Bothy, The Whiteway, Cirencester, Glos GL7 7BA]; born 16 March 1960; married 8 Aug 1987 (divorce 2000, resumed maiden name by deed poll) James Ronald Trumper, s of William Trumper, of Bloxham, Oxon, and has:

1i •Fiona Jane; born 26 Aug 1991

1g •Elizabeth Clare Selina; born 7 July 1932; married 1971 •John Whipp, of Bedfield, Suffolk

1f Margaret; born 28 July 1873; married 25 Oct 1907 Walter Yarowyck Wyndham (died 23 Dec 1942), younger son of William Trevelyan Wyndham, and died 8 Feb 1964

1e Isabella Margaretta Elizabeth; married 15 June 1869 George Parker Heathcote, 2nd son of Sir William Heathcote, 5th Bt, of Hursley (qv), and died 22 Oct 1938

1d Robert (Sir), KCB; born 1 Dec 1808; Col 65th Regt, Lt-Gen IA; married 29 Jan 1846 Gertrude (died 22 Nov 1903), youngest daughter of Gen William H Ford, and died 12 July 1876, having had, with two other daughters (died unm):

1e Robert Edmund; born 11 Jan 1847; died 28 April 1867

2e George; born 16 Feb 1848; died 26 Nov 1872

3e Spencer Charles; born 10 Feb 1852; married 23 Dec 1885 Jessie Madeline (died 3 Oct 1926), daughter of Rev Tressilian George Nicholas, Vicar W Molesey, Surrey, and died 2 Feb 1934, leaving:

1f Geraldine Edith; died unmarried 21 Sept 1955

2f Madeline Rachel; born 2 Feb 1889; married 26 Aug 1926 Rev Arthur Hugh Rawlins Robinson (died 25 Dec 1945), Vicar Ringmer, Sussex, s of Rev Canon Arthur James Robinson, and died 19–

3f Lucy Gertrude; died 19–

4e William Henry; born 27 April 1862; married 20 Sept 1893 Minnie (married 2nd Feb 1905 Percy Henry Thomas Broad, elder son of J M Broad, of Bristol), 2nd daughter of Capt Frank T Thomason, RN, and died without issue 31 Jan 1902

1e Geraldine Frances; married 10 Oct 1872 Sir Colman Battle Rashleigh, 3rd Bt (qv), and died 24 Dec 1876, leaving issue

2e Catherine Lucy; born 2 Aug 1865; died unmarried 4 March 1944

3e Gertrude Margaret; born 12 Feb 1867; died unmarried 16 June 1955

4d John VADE-WALPOLE; born 23 April 1810; Assist Sec Govt Emigration Bd; married 17 May 1841 Henrietta (died 8 Jan 1899), daughter of Col Henry Browne Smith, and died 30 Jan 1892, having had:

1e Thomas Arthur; born June 1845; died 19 May 1858

5d Charles VADE-WALPOLE, CB; born 16 Aug 1813; married 13 May 1846 Annette (died 3 April 1885), daughter of R-Adml James Provost, and died 2 Nov 1891, leaving:

1e Charles George VADE-WALPOLE later WALPOLE, JP; born 7 Sept 1848; educated Cambridge (MA); barrister Inner Temple 1873, Attorney-Gen Leeward Islands 1889–92, Ch Justice Gibraltar 1892–93 and Bahamas 1893–97; knighted 189–, CC Surrey, FRGS; married 1st 18 Aug 1877 Maria Elizabeth (died 24 Sept 1914), 2nd daughter of Henry Ford, of Ford Green, Staffs; married 2nd 19 Jan 1922 Marie Bowles (died 5 Feb 1928), daughter of Percy Hale Wallace and widow of Maj Henry James Seton (see SETON OF ABERCORN, Bt), and died 24 May 1926, having by his 1st wife had, with a daughter (died unm):

1f Charles Archibald, OBE (1919), born 25 March 1881; manager Anglo-Perslan Oil Co, Mohammerah, Persian Gulf, FRGS; married 16 Dec 1927 (divorce 1935) Dorothea Hume de Falloux, younger daughter of Lt-Cdr B Critchley-Salmonson, RN, and died without issue 2 Jan 1943

2f John Robsart; born 26 Dec 1882; Capt 1/7th Serv Bn Queen's Roy W Surrey Regt; killed in action 1 July 1916

1f Kathleen Cypria; born 2 Oct 1884; married 11 Feb 1920 Denis Arthur Turpin, of Lahore, Punjab, s of Capt W A Turpin, and died 20 Dec 1922

1d Catherine Margaret; married 8 April 1861 Baron de Teissier and died 18 March 1876

2d Sophia Frances; married 21 Aug 1849 Rev Edward Riou Berens (died without issue 31 July 1867) and died 8 Feb 1900

2c Lambert Theodore; born 28 Dec 1757; Lt-Col; married 11 Jan 1788 Margaret (died June 1814), daughter of 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (see POWIS, E), and died 1798, leaving two daughters (