Edward Walpole

 

Houghton Hall, seat of the WalpolesDied 1688.

Admitted 1680 aged 14.  MA 1687; Fellow; died aged 25.  An ancestor of Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister 1721-42.

Tombstone inscription Translation

EDVARDOS filius EDV WALPOLE

de Houghton in Agro Norfol. Ordinis Balnei militis
nat[us] tertius Art. Mag.
et hujus Coll. Socius meritiss[imus]
Obijt Jan 29 Anno Dom. 1688 Ætat suæ 25		 Edward Walpole, third son of Edward Walpole of Houghton in Norfolk, K.B., was an M.A. and a most worthy Fellow of the College.  He died on 29th January 1688 at the age of twenty-four.

Edward Walpole Walpole tomb. Click for enlarged view

Buried in the Ante-Chapel.

 

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