The Hon. Frederick Walpole (18 September 1822 – 1 April 1876), was a British naval commander and
Conservative
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politician.
Background
Walpole was a younger son of
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, (14 June 1783 – 29 December 1858), styled Lord Walpole between 1809 and 1822, was a British peer and politician.
Background
He was the eldest son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford by his wife Sophia C ...
, and Mary, daughter of
William Augustus Fawkener
William Augustus Henry Fawkener (c.1750–1811) was a British civil servant and diplomat.
Background
William Fawkener was one of the sons of Sir Everard Fawkener, a merchant and then British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, who did not marry un ...
.
Political career
Walpole was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for
Norfolk North
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in 1868, a seat he held until his death eight years later. He was also a
Commander
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...
in the
Royal Navy
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.
Family
Walpole married his second cousin Laura Sophia Frances, daughter of Francis Walpole and
Elizabeth Knight
Elizabeth Knight (1 November 1944 – 22 August 2005) was a British film and television actress.
Life and career
Elizabeth Knight was born on 1 November 1944 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. She made her first film appearance in the 1968 musical '' Oli ...
, in 1852. They had several children, including
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...
, who succeeded as fifth Earl of Orford in 1894. Walpole died in April 1876, aged 53. His wife survived him by 25 years and died in January 1901.
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1822 births
1876 deaths
Younger sons of earls
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
Frederick Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Nobility
Anhalt-Harzgerode
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
Austria
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198
* Frederick ...