Robert Walpole (classical scholar)
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Robert Walpole (1781–1856) was an English classical scholar.
Born on 8 August 1781 in Lisbon, he was the eldest son of Robert Walpole, envoy to Portugal, by his first wife, Diana, daughter of Walter Grosset(t); Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, was his grandfather. He was educated at Charterhouse School. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge from 1800, having first matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1797, and there he graduated B.A. in 1803, M.A. in 1809, and B.D. in 1828. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1803.[1][2][3]
Soon after leaving Cambridge, Walpole travelled in Greece.[1] On returning to Cambridge he presented a marble dramatic mask sculpture from the theatre at Stratonicea to the University Library.[4]
Walpole was ordained deacon in 1808, and priest the following year.[3] In 1809 he became rector of Itteringham, Norfolk, in 1815 rector of Tivetshall, Norfolk, and in 1828 rector of Christ Church, Marylebone, Westminster. He held Itteringham and Christ Church for the rest of his life. He died in Harewood Street, London, on 16 April 1856. He had estates at Carrow Abbey, near Norwich, and at Scole Lodge, Osmundeston, Norfolk.[1]
