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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|British soldier and politician (1787–1859)}}<br />
{{For|the earlier MP for King's Lynn|John Walpole (died 1557)}}<br />
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|honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]]<br />
|name = John Walpole<br />
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|birth_date = 17 November 1787<br />
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|death_date = 10 December 1859<br />
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|placeofburial = [[Kensal Green Cemetery]]<br />
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*[[Napoleonic Wars]]<br />
**[[Siege of Cádiz]]<br />
**[[Battle of Barrosa]]<br />
**[[Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)|Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo]]<br />
**[[Battle of Salamanca]]<br />
**[[Siege of Burgos]]{{WIA}}<br />
*[[Hundred Days]]<br />
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Colonel '''John Walpole''' (17 November 1787 – 10 December 1859) was a soldier and diplomat, a younger son of [[Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford]].<br />
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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 (UK Parliament constituency)|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" /><br />
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]]<br />
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| with = [[William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield|Marquess of Titchfield]] 1822–1824<br />
| with2 = [[William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland|Marquess of Titchfield]] 1824–1826<br />
| with3 = [[Lord William Bentinck]] 1826–1828<br />
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{{s-ttl|title= [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Chile|British Consul-General and <br />Plenipotentiary at Santiago]] |years= 1833–1841}}<br />
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{{s-ttl|title=[[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Chile|British Chargés d'Affaires in Chile]]|years= 1841–1849}}<br />
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