Alice Walpole

The Hon. Alice Louise Walpole OBE (born 1 September 1963) is a British diplomat who is the current Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. She has previously served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg and to Mali.[1]

The Honourable Alice Walpole OBE
Walpole in 2014
Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Preceded by	György Busztin
British Ambassador to Mali
In office 2016–2017
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Joanne Adamson
Succeeded by	Catherine Evans
British Ambassador to Luxembourg
In office 2011–2016
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Peter Bateman
Succeeded by	John Marshall
Personal details
Born	Alice Louise Walpole (1963-09-01) 1 September 1963 Norwich, Norfolk, England
Spouse(s)	Angel Carro Castrillo ​ ( m. 1990; div. 2010)
Children	6
Parents	Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole Judith Chaplin

Career

Walpole was educated at Norwich High School for Girls and New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College).

She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1985.[1] Following a posting as HM Consul-General in Basra, Iraq (2009–11), she became British Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in July 2011. In 2016 she became Ambassador to the Republic of Mali and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Niger.[1] In November 2017 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Alice Walpole as the new Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).[2]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to British Diplomacy.[3]

Personal life

Walpole is a daughter of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole and his first wife Judith (née Schofield, later Judith Chaplin OBE MP).[4]

In 1990, she married Dr Angel Carro Castrillo (of Switzerland), with whom she has six children.[4] They divorced in 2010, having separated in 2002.

References

• "Walpole, Hon. Alice Louise". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.254230.

1. "The Hon Alice Walpole". gov.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
2. "Secretary-General appoints Alice Walpole of the United Kingdom as Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq". United Nations Iraq. 1 November 2017.
3. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N25.
4. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Peter Bateman	British Ambassador to Luxembourg 2011–2016	Succeeded by John Marshall
Preceded by Joanne Adamson	British Ambassador to Mali 2016–2017	Succeeded by Catherine Evans