WAL Mary-Anne-French, m. 15 June, 1953, John, 3rd son of Ferson Manners, Esq., of Kemton Park, Middlesex, and has issue. Henrietta-Elizabeth. Col. R.-C. Wallace d. 25 March, 1863. 1 Elizabeth, b. 17 May, 1767; d. unm. 11 May, 1810. 3 Louisa, d. unm. 4 December, 1792. 4 Emma, b. 12 November, 1781; m. 18 June, 1808, Richard Taylor, Esq., late of the War Office (who d. in 1831), and d. 9 May, 1855, leaving issue. 5 Mary, d. at Sedcop, in infancy, 29 November, 1785. Arms-Gu., a lion rampant, in chief, two crosses patonce, arg., all within a bordure invected, componé, erm. and az. WALMODEN-COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH. By Letters Patent, dated 4 April, 1740. Lineage. AMELIA SOPHIA DE WALMODEN, the presumed mistress of King GEORGE II. (a young married lady of the first fashion at Hanover, and niece of Erangard Melosine de Schulemberg, Duchess of Kendal), was elevated to the peerage, by letters patent, dated 4 April, 1740, conferring the dignity for life, under the titles of BARONESS AND COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH. The Countess d. at Hanover, 20 October, 1765, when her honours EXPIRED. She left by her husband two sons, one chamberlain at the Court of Hanover, the other a majorgeneral in the Hanoverian Guards. Field-marshal Count Walmoden (of Hanover) was generally deemed her ladyship's representative. Arms-Or, three morions per pale, arg. and az., banded, gu. WALPOLE-EARLS OF ORFORD. By Letters Patent, dated 6 February, 1742. This family is said to have been established in England before the Norman Conquest, and to have derived their surname from WALPOLE, in Norfolk, where they were enfeoffed Camden states "that of lands belonging to the see of Ely. the owner of Walpole gave both that and Wisbich in the Isle of Ely to the monastery of Ely, at the same time that he made his younger son, Alwin, a monk there." We will commence, however, with HENRY DE WALPOL, who, in the baronial war, in the time of JOHN, taking part against the crown, was made prisoner, and forced to pay £100 for his deliverance. In the last year of HENRY III.'s reign that monarch commands the sheriff of Lincoln to restore to him all those lands in the county, whereof he had been possessed when he fell from his allegiance to King JOHN. This letter was dated at Oxford, 29 June, 1217, and sealed with the seal of William, Earl Marshal, styled the king's justice, because (as the record says) the king had yet no seal. He was 8. by SIR JOHN DE WALPOL, who had been also involved in the baronial contest, and likewise returned to his aliegiance in the reign of HENRY III. He had by Isabel, his wife, several sons, of whom HENRY, was his successor. KALPH was in holy orders, and became bishop of Norwich, and Let me England from waiting upon the king on the frontiers of Sir John Walpol was s. by his eldest son, He m. SIR HENRY DE WALPOLE, in the manors of Walpole and Houghton, who, in the 5th EDWARD I., is mentioned in a certain deed made by the prior and chapter of Ely as having a mansion house in Ely. In the same reign he had military summonses to march into Flanders and into Scotland. Isabel, dau. of Sir Peter Fitz-Osbert, and heir to her brother, Sir Roger Fitz-Osbert (which lady, after his decease, m. Sir Walter Jernegan, of Stoneham Jernegan, ancestor of the Jerninghams, Lord Stafford, and brought the lordship of Somerleyton, and other lands, into that family). Sir Henry Walpole was s. by his son, SIR HENRY DE WALPOLE, who, with Robert Baynard, was liament that met at Lincoln in the 9th EDWARD II., wherein chosen knight of the shire for the co. of Norfolk, in the parit was ordered that none should depart without the king's especial license. In the 17th of the same reign he was returned into chancery amongst the knights, who (with other persons of note) were certified to bear ancient arms from their ancestors. This Sir Henry Walpole purchased divers lands in Walpole and Houghton, and dying soon after the 9th EDWARD III., was s. by his son, HENRY DE WALPOLE, of Houghton, who was returned one of the knights of the shire for the co. Norfolk, to the parliament summoned to meet at York, in the 7th EDWARD III., and was 8. at his decease by his son, HENRY WALPOLE, Esq., a person of great note in the co. Norfolk, temp. HENRY VI. He m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Oliver le Grosse, Knt., of Costwick, co. Norfolk, and was s. by his eldest son, HENRY WALPOLE, Esq., of Walpole and Houghton, who m. Margery, dau. of Sir John Harsick, of Southacre, in Norfolk, and was 8. by his son, This gentleman m. THOMAS WALPOLE, Esq., who had a grant from William VII., and he had subsequently further grants of lands in the Fawkes, and others, of lands in Houghton, in the 1st HENRY same reign. He m. twice: by his 2nd wife, Alice, he had no issue; but by his 1st, Joane, dau. of William Cobbe, Esq., of Sandringham, he had three sons and a dau., viz., John, who d. v. p., leaving a widow, Anne Walpole, but no child. EDWARD, successor to his father. Henry, who m. Margaret, dau. and co-heir of Holtofte, of THOMAS, of Whaplode, ancestor of the Walpoles, of Lincoln- JOHN, an eminent lawyer, temp. EDWARD VI., M.P. for Jane, co-heirs to their brother. Francis. Christopher, of Docking, co. Norfolk. Agnes, m. to William Russel. Mr. Walpole d. 14 January, 1513-14, and was 8. by his eldest surviving son, EDWARD WALPOLE, Esq., who m. Lucy, dau. of Sir Terry Robsart, and heiress of her grandfather, the celebrated Sir John Robsart, K.B. and K.G. (in consequence of the decease of her brother, Sir John Robsart, and his dau., Amie Robsart, wife of Sir Robert Dudley, afterwards Earl of Leicester, without issue), by whom he had issue, JOHN, his successor. Richard, of Brakenash, co. Norfolk, who, by his will, dated 26 March, 1568, left his whole estate to his younger brother, Terry, who d. in 1582, leaving issue by two wives. Elizabeth, m. to Martin Cobb, Esq., of Snetisham, in Norfolk. Mr. Walpole d. in 1558-9, and was 8. by his eldest son, JOHN WALPOLE, Esq., who inherited the manor of Sidestern, co. Norfolk, and other lands, as heir of Amie Dudley (Robsart), the 1st wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Mr. Walpole m. Catherine, dau. and co-heir of William Calybut, Esq., of Coxforth, co. Norfolk, and had issue, Edward, who d. upon his travels in 1559. Thomas. Catherine, m. to Philip Russell, Esq., of Burnhamthorp, co. Norfolk. Bona. . to John Amyas, Esq., of Delpham, co. Norfolk. Elizabeth, m. to Richard Bunting, Esq., of Southcreeke, co. Norfolk. Bridget, m. to Henry Paynell, Esq., of Bellaugh, co. Norfolk. Mr. Walpole d. in 1588, and was s. by his son, CALIBUT WALPOLE, Esq., of Houghton, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Bacon, Esq., of Hesset, Suffolk, and had issue, I. ROBERT, his successor. 11. John, of Southcreeke, m. Abigail, dau. and sole heir of Froximer Crocket, Esq., of Bromesthorpe, Norfolk, and acquired thereby that estate. He left three daus., his co-heirs, viz., Elizabeth, m. to Edward Pepys, Esq., barrister-at-law, and conveyed to him a portion of Bromesthorpe. Bridget, m. to Francis Thoresby, Esq., of Gaywood, Norfolk. Susan, m. to John Hare, Esq., of Snitterton, and conveyed to him a portion of Bromesthorpe. III. Calibut, IV. Bacon, both d. unm. I. Elizabeth, m. in 1612, to Thomas Clifton, Esq., of Toftrees, Norfolk. II. Anne, m. Ist, in 1614, to Thomas Pettus, Esq., son and heir of Sir Augustus Pettus, Knt., and brother of Sir Thomas Pettus, Bart., of Rackheath; and 2ndly, in 1619, to Sir Henry Hungate, Knt., of Bradenham, in Norfolk. Mr. Walpole d. 4 May, 1646, and was 8. by his eldest son, ROBERT WALPOLE, Esq., who m. Susan, dau. of Sir Edward Barkham, Knt., of Southacre, lord mayor of London, 19th JAMES I., and had issue, WALPOLE, of Wolterton, co. Norfolk. His lordship m. in 1720, Mary Magdalen, dau, and co-heir of Peter Lombard, Esq., and dying in 1757, left 1 HORATIO, 2nd Baron Walpole, of Wolterton, who & his cousin, the celebrated HORACE WALPOLE, 4th Earl of Orford, in the Barony of Walpole, of Walpole, and was created Earl of Orford, 10 April, 1806, from him descends the present Earl of Orford. 2 Thomas, whose elder son was the late Thomas Walpole, Esq., of Stagbury Park, co. Surrey (see BURKE'S Eztat Peerage). 3 Richard, M.P. for Yarmouth, m. 22 November, 1757, Richard, d. 8. p. 15 August, 1811. Mary-Rachel, m. January, 1798, Rev. Ashton Vade, and Caroline, m. 1787, Hon. G.-H. Nevill, and d. 1841. III. Galfridus, a naval officer, and M.P., temp. GEORGE I. This gentleman was treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, anl afterwards (1711) joint postmaster-general. He m. Corne is, dau. of Mr. Hays of London, but d. s. p. in 1726. His widow M.- Kyrwood, Esq., of Herefordshire. 1. Mary, m. to Sir Charles Turner, of Warham, Norfolk. II. Dorothy, m. to Charles, Viscount Townshend (his lordship's 2nd wife). III. Susan, m. to Anthony Hamond, Esq., of Wootton, Norfolk. (See BURKE's Landed Gentry "HAMOND of Westacre.") Colonel Walpole d. in 1700, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR ROBERT WALPOLE, K.G., b. 26 August, 1676, educated at Eton and Cambridge. This gentleman, who attained so much celebrity as Prime Minister, temp. King GEORGE I. and King GEORGE II., was first returned to parliament by the borough of King's Lynn, in 1700, and so long as he remained a commoner he sat for the same place, excepting one session: that in which he was a prisoner in the Tower, from 4 January, 1711-12, to the prorogation of the parliament 21 June following. In June, 1705, Mr. Walpole was commissioned as one of the council in the affairs of the admiralty to the lord high admiral, Prince George of Denmark; and he was appointed secretary of war in two years afterwards. In January, 1709-10, he was made treasurer of the navy, but on the change of ministry soon after he was removed from all his employments. At the accession of King GEORGE I., his eminent abilities were again enlisted on the side of the government. In 1714, five days after the new king's landing, he was made paymaster of the guards and garrisons at home, and of the forces abroad; and in the same year he was sworn of the privy council. In 1715 he was constituted First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, and chancellor of the Exchequer; and in the same year was chosen chairman of the committee of secrecy, appointed by the House of Commons, to inquire into the conduct of those evil ministers "that brought a reproach on the nation, by the unsuitable conclusion of a war which was carried on at so vast an expense, and was attended with such unparalleled successes." The result of this impeachment of the Tory ministers of ANNE was the flight of Ormonde and Bolingbroke, and the condemnation of Harley, Earl of Oxford, Prior, and some others, but the whole in the end escaped with impunity. In 1717 Mr. Walpole again withdrew with his friends from office, but in 1721 he returned, and was appointed paymaster-general. The next year he was placed in his former situation of First Lord of the Treasury, and chancellor of the Exchequer: was constituted one of the lords justices in 1723, and sworn sole secretary of state during the king's absence in Hanover, attended by the Lords Townshen and Carteret. In 1725 his Majesty conferred upon him the order of the Bath, and he was in the same year again named one of the lords justices during another visit of the king to Hanover. In 1726 he was made a knight of the Garter, and on the accession of King GEORGE II., he was re-sworn of the privy council, and continued in his official employments of First Lord of the Treasury, and chancellor of the Exchequer. At the coronation of the new monarch Sir Robert assisted as a privy councillor, and as a knight of the Garter, in the full habit and collar of the order. In 1740 he was again one of the lords justices, and on retiring from office, he was elevated to the peerage by letters patent, dated 6 February, 1742, as Earon ef Houghton, Viscount Walpole, in Norfolk, and EARL or ORFORD, Co. Suffolk. Thus have we simply enumerated the high offices and the high honours of this celebrated statesman. His lordship rebuilt the ancient family seat at Houghton, and adorned it with a noble collection of pictures and statues. He WAL m. 1st, Catherine, dau. of Sir John Shorter, of Bybrook, in Kent, Lord Mayor of London, and by her (who d. 20 August, 1737) had issue, KOBERT, his successor, who was created 10 June, 1723, LORD WALPOLE, of Walpole, co. Norfolk, with remainder to Edward and Horatio, his brothers, and in default of their heirs male to his father, Sir Robert Walpole, and after him to the heirs male of Robert Walpole, Esq., Sir Robert's father. Edward (Sir), installed a knight of the Bath in 1753, M.P. for Lostwithiel, and afterwards for Great Yarmouth. On the appointment of the Duke of Devonshire to the lord lieutenancy of Ireland, Sir Edward Walpole was made chief secretary, and sworn of the privy council of that kingdom. He was afterwards joint secretary of the treasury and clerk of the pells. He d. unm.* HORACE, who inherited as 4th Earl of Orford. Katherine, d. um. MARY, m. 14 September, 1723, to GEORGE, 3rd EARL OF CHOL- His lordship m. 2ndly, Maria, dau. and sole heir of Thomas ROBERT WALPOLE, Lord Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford. This nobleman m. 1724, Margaret, dau. and sole heir of Samuel Rolle, Esq., of Heanton, co. Devon (which lady m. 2ndly, the Hon. Sewallis Shirley, and s. to the Barony of Clinton), and dying in 1751, was s. by his only son, GEORGE WALPOLE, 3rd Earl of Orford. This nobleman sold to the Empress of Russia, the splendid collection of pictures made by his grandfather, Sir Robert Walpole. His lordship d. unm. in 1791, when the honours reverted to his uncle, the celebrated HORACE WALPOLE, as 4th Earl of Orford, b. in 1717, and For this his youngest educated at Eton and Cambridge. child, the Minister Walpole procured the places of usher of the receipt of the exchequer, comptroller of the great roll, and keeper of the foreign receipts. His lordship had for several years a seat in the House of Commons, but he was distinguished more in the literary than the political arena. Soon after returning from his travels he purchased a villa at Twickenham, which he changed into a Gothic mansion, and there (the renowned "Strawberry Hill,") he continued ever afterwards principally to reside. At that favourite retirement he established a private press, where he not only printed his own works, but many other curious compositions. From this press first issued, The Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, 1758, 2 vols., 12mo.; Anecdotes of Painting, 1762; Historic Doubts, 1768; Mysterious Mother, 1768; Miscellaneous Antiquities, 1772, 4to. His lordship d. unm. 2 March, 1797, when the Barony of Walpole, of Walpole, passed, according to the limitation to his cousin, HORATIO, 2nd Baron Walpole, of Wolterton (refer to 2nd son of Robert Walpole, Esq., father of the 1st earl), and the Earldom of Orford, with the minor dignities, became EXTINCT. Arms-Or, on a fesse between two chevrons, sa., three crosscrosslets of the 1st. THOMAS WANDESFORD, Esq. of Kirklington, descended from John de Wandesford, of Westwick, co. York, by Elizabeth, ✦ Sir Edward Walpole left three illegitimate daus., viz., Maria, m. 1st, James, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, by whom she Elizabeth-Laura, m. to her cousin, George, 4th Earl of Charlotte-Maria, m. to George, Duke of Grafton. The countess m. 2ndly, H.R.H. WILLIAM-HENRY, Duke of PRINCESS SOPHIA-MATILDA, of Gloucester, d. 29 Novem- Charlotte, m. to Lionel, 4th Earl of Dysart. his wife, dau. and heir of Sir Henry de Musters, of Kirkling- II. William, of Woodel, co. Bedford. Sir Rowland Wandesford, Knt. of Pickhay, co. York, was Elizabeth, m. Philip, 4th Lord Wharton, and their only ELIZABETH WHARTON, m. Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of IV. John, rector of Kirklington. I. Ellen, m. to Ambrose Lancaster, Esq., of Westmoreland. 11. Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Claxton, Esq., of the co. Durham. The eldest son, CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, Esq., of Kirklington, living temp. EDWARD IV. and HENRY VII., m. Anne, dau. of John Norton, Esq., of Norton, and had 1. FRANCIS, his heir. II. Christopher, who m. twice, and had issue. FRANCIS WANDESFORD, Esq., of Kirklington, who m. Jane, 2nd dau. and co-heir of John Foulthorpe, Esq., of Hipswell, and had by her, 1. CHRISTOPHER (Sir). He was s. in 1559, by his elder son, 1. John, d. s. p. SIR CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, of Kirklington, who was knighted and served as sheriff of Yorkshire in 1578. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir George Bowes, of Streatlam, and was 8. 11 July, 1591, by his eldest son, SIR GEORGE WANDESFORD, of Kirklington, b. 20 May, 1573, and knighted by King JAMES I. He m. 1st, Catharine, dau. and co-heir of Ralph Hansby, Esq., of Beverley, and had issue, 1. CHRISTOPHER, his successor. II. John, M.P. in 1639. III. Nicholas, M.P. for Thomastown, in the parliament of Ireland. IV. Michael, in holy orders, successively dean of Limerick and Derry. I. Anne, m. to Manger Norton, Esq., of St. Nicholas, near Richmond, Yorkshire. 11. Mary. Sir George m. 2ndly, Mary, dau. of Robert Pamplin, and by her had ad au., Margaret, wife of James Blanchard, and one son, WILLIAM, citizen and merchant tailor of London, to whom and his heirs his eldest brother, 30 June, 1637, gave £20 per annum, issuing out of the manor of Castlecomer, and payable upon Strongbow's tomb in Christ Church, Dublin. In 1639 he was member in the Irish parliament for Ballynakill, in the Queen's co. Sir George d. 4 September, 1612. His eldest son, CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, Esq., of Kirklington, being upon close habits of intimacy and friendship with Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, accompanied that eminent and ill-fated of that kingdom, and was appointed in 1633, Master of the nobleman into Ireland when he was constituted chief governor Rolls, at the same time being sworn of the privy council; of this office he had soon after a grant by patent for life. He was one of the lords justices in 1636 and 1639, and was appointed 1 April, 1640, lord deputy; but the fate of his friend Lord Strafford had so deep an effect upon him that he d. 3 December, in that year. He m. 1st, the dau. of William and sister of Sir John Ramsden, Knt., of Byrom, in Yorkshire, but by that lady had no issue. He m. 2ndly, Alice, dau. of Sir Hewet Osborne, of Kiveton, in the same co., and had issue, I. GEORGE, his heir. 11. CHRISTOPHER, successor to his brother. III. John, d. unm. 1. Alice, m. to William Thornton, Esq., of Newton, co. York. II. Catherine, m. to Sir Thomas Danby, Knt., of Farnley, near Leeds, and d. in childbed of her fifteenth child, aged thirty. He was 8. by his eldest son, GEORGE WANDESFORD, Esq., of Kirklington, M.P. for Clogher, in 1639, d. s. p., and was 8. by his brother, CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, Esq., of Kirklington, co. York, b. 19 August, 1626, who was created a Baronet, 5 August, 1662. He m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir John Lowther, Bart., of Lowther Hall, co. Westmoreland, and had issue, 1. CHRISTOPHER, his heir. II. George, who m. Elizabeth, widow of Garett Foulke, Esq. ul. Charles, d. & pr |