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Spencer Horatio Walpole

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Data Last Updated: 16 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 11 September 1806

Died: 22 May 1898

Member of Privy Council - 27 February 1852

son of Thomas Walpole

son of Lady Margaret Perceval

grandson of John Perceval

nephew of Spencer Perceval

grandson of Thomas Walpole

husband of Isabella Perceval

Education

Eton College

Trinity College, Cambridge

Lincoln's Inn   (1831 -)

Appointments

Elections fought

30 January 1846		Midhurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed
30 July 1847		Midhurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed
27 February 1852 Resignation of Spencer Walpole on appointment as Home Secretary.
5 March 1852		Midhurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed
9 July 1852		Midhurst	Conservative Party	Unopposed
January 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole in order to contest Cambridge University.
11 February 1856		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	886	57.50
28 March 1857		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department.
4 March 1858		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
29 April 1859		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
11 July 1865		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department.
11 July 1866		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
16 November 1868		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
4 February 1874		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
April 1880		Cambridge University	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1882 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole.