Peerage Record – 3832

     Elizabeth Carpenter Smith was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. C. F. Smith.¹ She married Lt.-Gen. Henry Walpole, son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert, on 21 August 1834.² She died on 19 April 1879.²
     Her married name became Walpole.

     Edward Walpole was born on 2 June 1791.¹ He was the son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert.^2,1 He married Ann Theresa Gildemeester, daughter of Daniël Gildemeester and Maria Teresa Machado, on 24 January 1815.¹ He died on 31 October 1857 at age 66.¹

     Ann Theresa Gildemeester was the daughter of Daniël Gildemeester and Maria Teresa Machado.¹ She married Edward Walpole, son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert, on 24 January 1815.² She died on 15 January 1878.²
     Her married name became Walpole.

     Daniël Gildemeester was the son of Daniël Gildemeester and Emmeline Micholls.¹ He married Maria Teresa Machado on 9 July 1787 at Lisbon, Portugal.¹ He died in 1814.¹
     He held the office of Consul-General to Lisbon between 1780 and 1799.¹

     Maj.-Gen. John Walpole was born on 14 July 1797.¹ He was the son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert.^2,1 He died on 4 January 1864 at age 66.¹
     He gained the rank of Major-General in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Colonel Horatio Walpole was born on 27 August 1799.¹ He was the son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert.^2,1 He married Fanny Sophia Conway, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway, on 22 July 1835.¹ He died in April 1886 at age 86.¹

     Fanny Sophia Conway was the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Henry Somerset Conway. She married Colonel Horatio Walpole, son of Hon. Robert Walpole and Sophia Stert, on 22 July 1835.¹ She died on 18 April 1873.¹
     Her married name became Walpole.

     Katalina Sharkey de Solis was born on 31 December 1981 at Texas, U.S.A.¹ She is the daughter of Thomas William Sharkey and Rosalie Solis.¹ She married Ashley Louis David Hicks, son of David Nightingale Hicks and Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten, on 5 September 2015.¹
     She was given the name of Kathryn Anne Sharkey at birth.¹ From 5 September 2015, her married name became Hicks.¹

     Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was born on 5 October 1717.³ He was the son of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford and Catherine Shorter.³ He died on 2 March 1797 at age 79, unmarried.³
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.³ He was educated at King’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.³ He was Chief Usher, Clerk of Estreats and Comptroller of the Pipe between 1738 and 1797.³ He was admitted to Lincoln’s Inn.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Callington, Cornwall between 1741 and 1754.³ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in February 1746/47.³ He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) in 1753.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for Castle Rising between 1754 and 1757.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Whig) for King’s Lynn between 1757 and 1768.³ He wrote the book CAtalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, published 1758.³ He wrote the book The Castle of Otranto, published 1764.³ He wrote the book The Mysterious Mother, published 1768.³ He wrote the book Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole, published 1774.³ He succeeded as the 4th Viscount Walpole, co. Suffolk [G.B., 1742] on 5 December 1791.³ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Walpole of Walpole, co. Norfolk [G.B., 1723] on 5 December 1791.³ He succeeded as the 4th Earl of Orford, co. Suffolk [G.B., 1742] on 5 December 1791.³ He succeeded as the 4th Baron of Houghton, co. Norfolk [G.B., 1742] on 5 December 1791.³ After his death he acquired an even wider reputation as a social historian, chiefly through his voluminous correspondence, most notably with Sir Horace Mann, then British Ambassador in Naples.³ On his death, his titles expired bar the Barony of Walpole of Walpole became extinct.³ He wrote the book Memoirs of the Last Ten years of the Reign of George the Second, published 1822.³ He was awarded the Journal of the Reign of George the Third from the Year 1771 to 1783 in 1859.³

     Hon. George Walpole was born on 20 June 1758.¹ He was the son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford and Lady Rachel Cavendish.¹ He died in May 1835 at age 76.¹