Robert Walpole (ambassador)

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Robert Walpole (3 May 1736 – 19 April 1810) was the 4th son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, the younger brother of Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister. He served as an extra clerk of the Privy Council from 1749 until 1764, when he replaced Henry Fane as one of the Clerks in Ordinary. He was also envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Portugal in 1771. One of his sons was Major-General George Walpole (1758–1835), under-secretary for foreign affairs in 1806.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
William Lyttelton		 Envoy to Portugal
1771–1800
with William Fawkener 1786–?		 Succeeded by
John Hookham Frere
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