Robert Walpole (ambassador)

Robert Walpole (ambassador)

Robert Walpole (3 May 173619 April 1810) was the 4th son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, the younger brother of Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister. 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. He was also envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Portugal in 1771. One of his sons was Major-General George Walpole (1758–1835), under-secretary for foreign affairs in 1806.

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