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 2a +Benedict Thomas Orford; born 1 June
1969; educated 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 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, 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 3a +Roger Horatio Calibut; born 10 Aug
1980; educated 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 THOMAS
WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Jane, daughter of William Cobbe, of
Sandringham, EDWARD
WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Lucy, daughter of Sir Terry Robsart, of
Sidestone, 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, ROBERT
WALPOLE, of Houghton; married Susan, daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, of
Southacre, 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 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 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 2f Maude Mary; married 11 Nov 1871 Count
Salvatore Griefeo and Gravana, Prince Palagonia, Grandee 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 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, 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 2f Clare Horatio; born 21 Nov 1858; married
Ann Gardner, of Nelson, 1g Amye; married Hugh Wheelwright Davis and
died 19–, leaving: 1h 1i • 1i •Anne Taylor; born 19 Sept 1949; educated
2h Horace Walpole; born 5 Aug 1921; educated
U of Virginia; married 8 March 1956 •Caralee Burson [Mrs Horace
Walpole Davis, 1f Amye Rachel; married 16 April 1872 4th
Viscount Canterbury and died 23 Jan 1935, leaving issue (see 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, 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 1c Thomas, of 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 ( 1f Thomas Henry Bourke; born 2 Sept 1879;
Lt 10th Bn Gordon Highrs; died unmarried killed in action 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 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, 1i •Edward Grainger; born 25 June 1973; educated
1j •Camilla Alice; born 5 May 2002 2i •Daniel Rupert; born 2 May 1977; educated
2h (cont.) The Hon Mrs Phillida Morgan-Evans married
2nd 1983 •Anthony Hurn 1g Pamela Frances, OBE (1960, MBE 1954), JP ( 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
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 (died unm) 3b Richard; born 5 Dec 1728; MP Yarmouth; married
22 Nov 1757 Margaret (died 9 May 1818), sister of 1st Baron
Huntingfield (qv), and died 18 Aug 1789, leaving: 1c Richard; born 16 June 1762; married
23 Jan 1792 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Benjamin Hammet, and died without
issue 15 Aug 1811 2c Robert; born 1768; died unmarried
18 May 1834 3c Edward; born 1776; died unmarried
1 Oct 1844 1c Mary Rachel; married 4 Jan 1798 Rev
Aston Vade (died 26 May 1820), Chaplain to GEORGE IV when PRINCE OF
WALES, and died 16 Sept 1827, leaving issue 2c Caroline; married 12 May 1787 Hon
George Henry Nevill and died 21 Dec 1841, leaving issue (see ABERGAVENNY,
M) 4b Robert; born 3 May 1736; Clerk of PC,
Envoy Extrdy and Min Plen Portugal; married 1st 8 May 1780 Diana (died
24 July 1784), daughter of Walter Grosset, and had, with another s (died
without issue ): 1c Robert (Robert); born 8 Aug 1781;
Rector Ch Ch Marylebone; married 6 Feb 1811 Caroline Frances (died 11
Dec 1840), daughter of John Hyde, and died 16 April 1856, having had,
with two daughters (died unm): 1d Reginald Robert; born 8 Dec 1817; barrister;
married 1st 1 May 1849 Anne Eliza (died 18 Nov 1854), 3rd
daughter of John Heaton, of Plas Heaton, Denbighs, and had: 1e Emily Jessie Horatia; married 29 Oct
1879 John Lynch Fletcher and had issue 1d (cont.) Reginald Walpole married 2nd
17 Jan 1856 Caroline (died 22 Feb 1899), daughter of Rev Frederick
Apthorp and widow of William Watts, of Hanslope Park, Bucks, and died 28
July 1880, leaving by her: 2e Diana Caroline; married 18 April 1876
James Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk (died 19 Aug 1906), s of Richard Boughey
Lingard-Monk, of Fulshaw Hall, Cheshire, and died without issue 13 May
1891 3e Regina Caroline; married 17 July 1883
Thomas Dewhurst Lingard (died 14 Jan 1925), of Fellside, Windemere, and
had issue 4e Caroline Emily; married 20 Jan 1881
William Martin Cunningham (died 7 Feb 1924) and had issue 2d Robert Seymour (Rev); born 20 Sept
1820; Lt 77th Foot, Vicar Balderton, Notts 1852–78; married 11 Aug 1848
Elizabeth, 4th daughter of Rev Frederick Apthorp, Rector Gumley, and died 1910,
having had, with a daughter (died unm): 1e Horatio Frederick William Seymour; born 4
Dec 1850; married 1877 Laura Anne, daughter of Joseph Coombe, and died
17 Dec 1887, leaving: 1f Robert Somerset George Reginald; born 25
Aug 1878; died 19– 2f Horace Henry Vade; born 5 April 1883; died
19– 2e Herbert Reginald Robert Seymour; born 6
Dec 1853; married 23 Aug 1882 Jane Sophia (died 1916), daughter
of W Palmer Kent, of Tasmania, and died 2 July 1928, leaving: 1f Francis Seymour; born 1895; died 19– 1f Beatrice Adelaide; married 16 March
1912 Maj Kenneth Stuart Cross, MD, MSc, Australian Army Medical Corps (Res),
and died 18 Nov 1964, leaving issue 2f Florence Louise; born 1885; died 19– 3f Lucy Apthorp; born 1887; married 1912
Robert Balcombe Beggs (died 10 March 1954) and died 19–, having
had issue 4f Gladys; died unmarried 12 Dec 1969 5f Agnes Jane; born 1893; married 3
Dec 1918 Theodore Beggs, JP (died 1940), MLC, and died 19–,
having had issue 3e George Henry Somerset (Rt Rev); born 9
Nov 1854; educated Trin College Cambridge (MA), Hon DD (1891); Rector
Lambeth 1903–10, Hon Canon Southwark 1906–10, Bp Edinburgh 1910–29; married 12
Sept 1882 Mildred Helen (died 23 June 1925), daughter of Charles Foster
Barham, and died 4 March 1929, leaving: 1f Hugh (Seymour) (Sir), CBE (1918); born 13
March 1884; educated King's Sch, Canterbury, Bede College Durham and
Emmanuel College Cambridge; Russian Red Cross WW I, knighted 1937, author: The
Wooden Horse (1910), Maradick at Forty (1910), Mr Perrin and Mr Traill
(1911), Fortitude (1913), The Duchess of Wrexe (1914), Joseph
Conrad (1916), The Dark Forest (1916), The Secret City (1919,
James Tait Black Memorial Prize), Jeremy (1919), The Art of James
Branch Cabell (1920), Jeremy and Hamlet (1923), The Crystal Box (1924),
Jeremy at Crale (1927), Anthony Trollope (1928), Farthing Hall
(with J B Priestley, 1929), Rogue Herries (1930), Judith Paris (1931),
The Fortress (1932), The Apple Trees (1932), Vanessa (1933)
and Roman Fountain (1940) among more than 40 popular novels, biographies
and autobiographical books; died unmarried 1 June 1941 2f Robert Henry; born 18 Jan 1892; educated
Westminster and Magdalene College Cambridge (BA 1914); Lt Rifle Bde WW I
1916–18; died unmarried 6 May 1963 1f Dorothea Elizabeth; born 20 Feb 1887;
MB, ChB (Edin) 1925; died unmarried 16 Nov 1959 4e Richard Herbert; born 13 Jan 1858; married
1885 Sophia Louise (died 19 May 1944), daughter of Hatsell Mellersh
Garrard, and died 19– 4b (cont.) The Hon Robert Walpole married 2nd
10 May 1785 Sophia (died 12 June 1829), daughter of Richard Stert, of
Lisbon, and died 19 April 1810, having by her had, with other issue: 2c Henry; born 2 Oct 1787; Lt-Gen IA; married
21 Aug 1834 Elizabeth Carpenter (died 19 April 1879), daughter of
Maj-Gen C F Smith, HEICS and died 29 Jan 1854, leaving: 1d Henry; born 23 Jan 1836; Lt Madras
Service; married 1871 Sempe Georgina, daughter of Matthew Templeton, of
Calcutta, and died 1 May 1878, leaving: 1e Henry; born 1873; died 19– 1d Eliza; died unmarried 29 May 1917
aged 81 3c Edward; born 2 June 1791; married 24
Jan 1815 Ann Theresa (died 15 Jan 1878), daughter of Daniel
Gildermeester, and died 31 Oct 1857, having had, with two daughters (died
unm): 1d Horatio Edward; born 27 Feb 1820;
Maj-Gen Madras Army; died without issue 22 Jan 1892 2d Frederick Goulburn; born 30 May 1829;
married 15 Jan 1864 Amalie Trafford Haughton (died 7 Oct 1895),
daughter of Dr Edward Binns, of Jamaica, by Charlotte, later wife of Duke of
Saldanha, Portuguese Min England, and died 3 Sept 1901, leaving: 1e Horace Henry Maximilian; born 18 Sept
1867; Capt 9th Bn Rifle Bde; died unmarried 23 July 1910 1e Gwendolen Anna; born 19 Oct 1864; nun; died
19 April 1934 2e Maud Josephine Charlotte; born 11 Oct
1865; died unmarried 10 Dec 1944 3e Adeline Mary; married 1898 William
Edwin Williams (died 17 April 1914), of Ty Clyd Govilon, nr Abergavenny,
s of John Jones Williams, of Coed Iorwg, Abertillery, Mon, and Llanhilleth,
Mon, took by deed poll 18 June 1914 the name KEYNTON-WILLIAMS and died
without issue 7 July 1929 4e Mary Pauline; married 1 Sept 1917 P
Burd Jagger, of Marylebone, and died without issue 31 March 1944 1d Josephine Maria; married 1860 Henry
Maximilian, Baron de Tuyll de Serooskerken (died 1888), and died 20
March 1907 4c Francis; born 1 Jan 1795; married 8
May 1828 Elizabeth (died 3 Aug 1860), daughter of Thomas A Knight, of
Downton Castle, and died 9 Jan 1861, having had: 1d Horatio Andrew; born 21 Feb 1829; died
20 Jan 1855 1d Laura Sophia Frances; married 12 Feb
1852 her cousin Hon Frederick Walpole (see above) and died 26 Jan
1901 5c John; born 14 July 1797; Maj-Gen RE; died
4 Jan 1864 6c Horatio; born 27 Aug 1799; Col; married
22 July 1835 Fanny Sophia (died 18 April 1873), eldest daughter of
Col Thomas Henry Somerset Conway, CB, and died April 1886, having had,
with another son and a daughter (died young): 1d Horatio; born 1837; Army Capt; died
1873 2d Henry; born 15 Nov 1846; Lt-Col Loyal
N Lancs Regt; died – 1b Mary; born 25 Feb 1725/6; married Capt
Maurice Suckling, RN, the early patron of Adml Lord Nelson 3a Galfridus; born 16–; RN; died without
issue – 1a Mary; married Sir Charles Turner, of
Warham, Norfolk (see NELSON, E) 2a Dorothy; married as his 2nd wife, before
25 July 1713 2nd Viscount Townshend (see TOWNSHEND, M) and died 29
March 1726, having had issue 3a Susan; married Anthony Hamond (died 7
Feb 1743), of Wotton, Norfolk, and had issue Seats:
Mannington
Hall, Mannington, Norwich; Wolterton Hall, Norfolk. A certain William Lumnor
built Mannington in 1460, during the Wars of the Roses. The grey stone of the
elevations, the moat, which may predate the present house, and a lightly
battlemented top to the great southern central block above a cornice,
culminating in a polygonal but not very substantial tower at the southwest
corner which in turn is matched by a still smaller one the other side of a
low-pitched gable further along towards the southeast corner, give Mannington
great charm. But it is difficult to believe it could have been seriously
defensible, especially given the generously proportioned mullion windows on
three storeys. They have gently curved tops on the uppermost storey and
straight horizontal ones surmounted by dripstones lower down but are of two to
four bays wide and would not have kept a determined attacker out. They would
appear to be 16th-century, however, so may have replaced narrower apertures
after the newly arrived Tudor dynasty had restored peace to the Norfolk
countryside. Mannington
passed down through families called Tirel and Dodge till the 17th-century Civil
War, when it was owned by Sir John Potts, who was nevertheless related to the
previous proprietors. It was bought by the 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton in
1720, but only for use as a dower house. (Mannington and Wolterton are on the
same estate, which now extends to about 2,000 acres.) None of the Walpoles
actually lived there till the mid–19th century, when the purchaser's descendant
the 5th Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 7th Baron Walpole of Walpole (who
was also the 4th Earl of Orford of the 2nd creation) moved in. Like his
namesake the 4th Earl of Orford of the first creation, better known as Horace
Walpole, he was enthralled by the past, and refurbished and enlarged his new
home. The northeast and northern wings date from his time. Their projection
from the earlier part gives Mannington the shape of a question mark minus the
dot, and with its trunk substantially thicker than its arched head.
Subsequently the house was let and only reoccupied by the head of the family,
the present Lord Walpole, in 1969. He has completely transformed the grounds,
placing special emphasis on roses, which have an area all of their own. A
variety of historical species are on display there, each in a setting
landscaped to depict the English garden as it looked in the appropriate period. Wolterton
dates from the 1720s, being erected in Norfolk red brick with Portland stone
facing by the 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton. He seems initially to have
intended remodelling an earlier house on which his newly-bought estate centred.
When that largely burned down he started afresh, enlisting the designs of
Thomas Ripley, who had worked on Houghton (see CHOLMONDELEY, M) for his
brother Sir Robert. The main elevation is a break-front one and consists of two
storeys of five bays each over a basement enclosed in arches underneath a
terrace with balustrades. The three central bays are surmounted by a pediment,
to either side of which stretches a large balustraded parapet. During the 19th
century G S Repton remodelled the house on its southern side and an extension
culminating in a tower to the east was put up to designs by Philip Hardwick.
After the 4th Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 6th Baron Walpole of
Walpole, who was also 3rd Earl of Orford, died in 1858 and Mannington was
adopted as the family seat, Wolterton was shut up for nearly half a century.
The 6th Baron Walpole of Wolterton and 8th Baron Walpole of Walpole (who
was also the 5th and last Earl of Orford of the second creation) moved back in
after inheriting the titles. Wolterton's subsequent history is almost a
catalogue of the 20th-century woes of the English country house: wartime
requisitioning, a fire, dry rot and the sale of contents following the
lingering illness of its last occupant the 7th/9th Baron, who was thus
prevented from caring for it. Happily the 1990s have seen a thorough
restoration programme set in motion. The
core of the house contains the main staircase. As with so many mansions of the
period, the grand apartments are on the first floor, or piano nobile. They
include the Blue Drawing Room, the Boudoir, the Marble Hall, the Saloon, the
State Bed Room with its adjacent Dressing Room, the State Dining Room and the
Venetian Room. Peerage
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