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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

husband of Isabella Perceval

Eton College

Trinity College, Cambridge

Lincoln's Inn (1831 -)

Secretary of State for the Home Department	27 February 1852	19 December 1852
Secretary of State for the Home Department	26 February 1858	3 March 1859
Secretary of State for the Home Department	6 July 1866	17 May 1867
Minister without Portfolio	17 May 1867	February 1868

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.