Sir Edward Walpole KB (1621 – 18 March 1668) was an English politician and

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who sat in the

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from 1660 to 1668. Walpole was the son of Robert Walpole of Houghton and his wife Susan Barkham, daughter of Sir Edward Barkham of South Acre who had been

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. He was baptised on 9 November 1621. He was a student of

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in 1640. In 1657 he was commissioner for assessment for

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and was commissioner for sewers in 1658 and 1659. He was commissioner for militia in March 1660 and lieutenant colonel of foot militia from April 1660 to his death.History of Parliament Online – Walpole, Edward
/ref> In 1660, Walpole was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the Convention Parliament. He was a JP from June 1660 and Deputy Lieutenant and commissioner for assessment for Norfolk from August 1660 until his death. He was commissioner for sewers again in September 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for King's Lynn in the

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. He was created

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on 19 April 1661. From 1662 to 1663 he was commissioner for corporations. He succeeded his father in 1663. In 1668 he was commissioner for trade with Scotland. Walpole died at the age of about 46 and was buried at

Houghton, Norfolk Houghton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Houghton is located north-east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich. History Houghton's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for hill- ...

. Walpole married Susan Crane, daughter of

Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet (1586 – February 1643) of Chilton, Suffolk and of Buckenham Tofts, Norfolk, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1614 and 1643. Crane was the son of Henry Crane of Chi ...

of Chilton, Suffolk in around 1649. They had five sons and eight daughters. She died on 7 July 1667. One of his sons was

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (; 26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the ''de facto'' first Prim ...

, whose son was

, Britain's longest-serving Prime Minister. Another son was Horatio Walpole.

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Engraved portrait by Andrew Birrell (engraver and publisher circa 1770–circa 1820); Silvester Harding (1745–1809)
held by

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Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

English justices of the peace