John Walpole

{{Short description|British soldier and politician (1787–1859)}} {{For|the earlier MP for King's Lynn|John Walpole (died 1557)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = The Honourable Colonel |name = John Walpole |honorific_suffix = |image = |image_upright = |alt = |caption = |nickname = |birth_date = 17 November 1787 |birth_place = |death_date = 10 December 1859 |death_place = |burial_place = Kensal Green Cemetery |allegiance = United Kingdom |branch = British Army |service_years = 1804–1825 |rank = Colonel |rank_label = |unit = Coldstream Guards |commands = |known_for = |battles = {{Tree list}} *Napoleonic Wars **Siege of Cádiz **Battle of Barrosa **Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo **Battle of Salamanca **Siege of Burgos{{WIA}} *Hundred Days {{tree list/end}} |awards = |memorials = |alma_mater = |spouse = |children = |relations = |other_work = |signature = }} Colonel '''John Walpole''' (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford.

He served with the Guards during the Peninsular War, and was wounded at the Siege of Burgos.<ref name="gm">{{cite journal | title=Obituary | journal=Gentleman's Magazine |date=February 1860 | pages=195 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rllrzUku6MwC&pg=PA195}}</ref> He was Member of Parliament for King's Lynn from 1822 to 1831.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}</ref> Walpole served as private secretary to Lord Palmerston from November 1830 to August 1833, when he was appointed British Consul-General and Plenipotentiary at Santiago in Chile. Walpole was promoted to Chargé d'affaires in May 1841, and retired in March 1849.<ref name="gm" />

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|gb}} {{s-bef|before= Lord Walpole | before2=Marquess of Titchfield}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for King's Lynn | years = 1822–1831 | with = Marquess of Titchfield 1822–1824 | with2 = Marquess of Titchfield 1824–1826 | with3 = Lord William Bentinck 1826–1828 | with4 = Lord George Bentinck 1828–1831 }} {{s-aft|after= Lord William Lennox | after2=Lord George Bentinck}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef |before=Digby Wrangham}} {{s-ttl |title=Principal Private Secretary to the<br>Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | years=1830–1833}} {{s-aft |after=Stephen Henry Sulivan}} {{s-bef|before= John White}} {{s-ttl|title= British Consul-General and <br />Plenipotentiary at Santiago |years= 1833–1841}} {{s-non|reason=Promotion }} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=British Chargés d'Affaires in Chile|years= 1841–1849}} {{s-aft|after= Stephen Henry Sulivan}} {{s-end}}

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