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]


Alice Walpole

OBE
Walpole in 2014
Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byGyörgy Busztin
British Ambassador to Mali
In office
2016–2017
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byJoanne Adamson
Succeeded byCatherine Evans
British Ambassador to Luxembourg
In office
2011–2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded byPeter Bateman
Succeeded byJohn 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)
Children6
ParentsRobert 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.

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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
20112016
Succeeded by
John Marshall
Preceded by
Joanne Adamson
British Ambassador to Mali
20162017
Succeeded by
Catherine Evans
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