Baron Walpole
Baron Walpole , of Walpole in the County of Norfolk , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Award
The title was bestowed on Robert Walpole in 1723 . The elevation to the nobility took place in honor of his father Sir Robert Walpole , the first British Prime Minister . The award was made with a special note that not only the male descendants of the first baron, but also the male descendants of his father and grandfather were entitled to inherit the title.
Other titles
On the death of his father, the first baron inherited the title of Earl of Orford , Viscount Walpole and Baron Walpole , of Houghton in the County of Norfolk, created in 1742 . The titles, which had been awarded without special notice and also belonged to the Peerage of Great Britain, expired in 1797 when the fourth earl without a male descendant died.
In 1781 the third Earl and second Baron Walpole inherited from his mother the dignity of Baron Clinton created in 1298 and belonging to the Peerage of England . This title, which can also be inherited in the female line, was suspended after the death of the fourth earl / third baron. It was awarded to a distant relative in 1794.
The fourth Baron, the eldest son of the Prime Minister's younger brother, had inherited the title of his father Baron Walpole of Wolterton (created 1756) as early as 1757 . This title, which also belongs to the Peerage of Great Britain, has since been used by the respective baron.
In 1806 the dignity of Earl of Orford was again created for the fourth baron . This title belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom and expired with the death of the fifth earl in 1931.
List of the Earls of Orford and Barons Walpole
Earls of Orford (1742) and Baron Walpole (1723)
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)
- Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, 1st Baron Walpole (1701–1751)
- George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, 2nd Baron Walpole (1730–1791)
- Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, 3rd Baron Walpole (1717–1797)
Barons Walpole (1723/1756; continued)
- Horatio Walpole, 4th Baron Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1723-1809) (elevated to Earl of Orford in 1806 )
Earls of Orford (1806)
- Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 4th Baron Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1723-1809)
- Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, 5th Baron Walpole, 3rd Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1752–1822)
- Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, 6th Baron Walpole, 4th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1783-1858)
- Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, 7th Baron Walpole, 5th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1813-1894)
- Robert Horace Walpole, 5th Earl of Orford, 8th Baron Walpole, 6th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1854–1931)
Barons Walpole (1723/1756; continued)
- Robert Henry Montgomerie Walpole, 9th Baron Walpole, 7th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1913–1989)
- Robert Horatio Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, 8th Baron Walpole of Wolterton (* 1938)
Heir to the title is the eldest son of the current baron, the Hon. Jonathan Robert Hugh Walpole (* 1967).
Barons Walpole of Wolterton (1756)
- Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678–1757)
- Horatio Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1723-1809)
because of the subsequent title holder see above
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page