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Congress of Soissons

The ultimate aim of the British delegate Stephen Poyntz and Horatio Walpole was to prevent a Spanish-Austrian alliance from developing against Britain, by resolving Britain's dispute with Spain as smoothly as possible.

George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford

Smythe's career was shattered later in the year when he was caught in a summerhouse with the 21-year-old Lady Dorothy Walpole the daughter of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford.

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

He got on intimate terms with Fleury and seconded his brother in his efforts to maintain friendly relations with France; he represented Great Britain at the congress of Soissons and helped to conclude the treaty of Seville (November 1729).

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Richard Walpole (5 December 1728–18 August 1798), who married Margaret Vanneck (before 1742—9 May 1818) on 22 November 1758, and had issue.

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In 1756 he was created Baron Walpole, of Wolterton, this being his Norfolk seat, and he died 5 February 1757.

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Thomas Walpole (6 October 1727 – March 1803), who married Elizabeth Vanneck (died 9 June 1760) on 14 November 1753, and had issue.

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The Walpoles owned land in Norfolk in the 12th century and took their name from Walpole, a village in the county.

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Another Jesuit in the family was Henry Walpole (1558–1595), who wrote An Epitaph of the life and death of the most famous clerk and virtuous priest Edmund Campion.

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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757), English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole.

Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford

Horace Walpole (1717–1797), writer who became Earl of Orford in 1791