Walpole family

The Walpole family (/ˈwɔːlˌpoʊl, ˈwɒl-/) is a famous English aristocratic family whose family seat was Houghton Hall. Heads of this family have traditionally been the Earl of Orford. The Earldom of Orford is now extinct, leaving the Barons Walpole the sole male descendants of Robert Walpole. Houghton Hall now belongs to the Marquesses of Cholmondeley and Mannington Hall is still owned by the Walpoles. Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole resides at Mannington.[1] Wolterton Hall is no longer owned by the Walpole family and is the private estate of Peter Sheppard and Keith Day and is undergoing restoration since 2016.[2]

Walpole
Current regionNorfolk, England
MembersRobert Walpole
Earls of Orford
Barons Walpole
Estate(s)Houghton Hall
Mannington Hall
Wolterton Hall

The family line descending from Sir William Walpole (1898-1965) moved into real estate during the 1930s which proved highly profitable following the Second World War.[3] As of 2012, The Walpole Estate had an estimated £7.5 billion in assets. The family owned approximately £5 billion property and had more than £2 billion in shares listed the London and New York stock exchanges. The holdings of The Walpole Estate are now owned by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Sir William Walpole.

Partial family tree
Thomas Walpole
(died 1514)
Edward Walpole
(died 1559)		Henry Walpole
John Walpole
(died 1588)		John Walpole
(died 1557)		Christopher Walpole
Edward Walpole
(1560–1637)		Calybut Walpole
(1561–1646)		Henry Walpole
(1558–1595)
Robert Walpole
(1593–1663)
Sir Edward Walpole
(1621–1668)
Robert Walpole
(1650–1700)
Catherine Shorter
(died 1737)		Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
(1676–1745)		Maria Skerrett
(died 1738)		Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
(1678–1757)		Galfridus Walpole
(1683–1726)		Dorothy Walpole
(1686–1726)
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
(1709–1751)		Sir Edward Walpole
(1706–1784)		Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
(1717–1797)		Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
(1723–1809)		Thomas Walpole
(1727–1803)		Richard Walpole
(1728–1798)		Robert Walpole
(1736–1810)
George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
(1730–1791)		Maria Walpole
(1736–1807)		Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
(1752–1822)		George Walpole
(1758–1835)		Thomas Walpole
(1755–1840)		Robert Walpole
(1781–1856)
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
(1783–1858)		John Walpole
(1787–1859)		Thomas Walpole
(1805–1881)		Spencer Horatio Walpole
(1808–1898)		Sir Robert Walpole
(1808–1876)		Robert Seymour Walpole
(1820–1910)
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
(1813–1894)		Frederick Walpole
(1822–1876)		Lady Dorothy Walpole
(1826–1913)		Henry Spencer Vade-Walpole
(1837–1913)		Sir Spencer Walpole
(1839–1907)		Somerset Walpole
(1854–1929)
Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford
(1854–1931)		Horatio Spencer Walpole
(1881–1918)		Sir Hugh Walpole
(1884–1941)
Robert Henry Montgomerie Walpole, 9th Baron Walpole
(1913–1989)
Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole
(born 1938)		Judith Schofield
(1939–1993)
Alice Walpole
(born 1963)		Jonathan Walpole
(born 1967)

References
  1. Middleton, Christopher (15 September 2001). "When an Englishman's home is his business". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  2. Culot, Caroline (19 April 2016). "Wolterton Hall sold to private buyers". Property. Eastern Daily Press. Archant Community Media Ltd. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. Stansky, Peter (2003). Sassoon: The Worlds of Philip and Sybil. Yale University Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780300095470.

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