Spencer Horatio Walpole
(1806-1898), Politician; Home SecretarySitter in 16 portraits
Having trained in the law, Walpole was called to the Bar in 1831. He built up a successful practice and was made Queen 's Counsel in 1846, the same year in which he turned to politics and was elected MP. When the Tories came to power in 1852, Walpole was appointed Home Secretary in Derby's first administration. This was a short-lived post, as the government fell later that year. He was made Home Secretary twice more in Derby's subsequent administrations; firstly in 1858-9 and again in 1866.
by Henry Gales
watercolour, 1868
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by Adriano Cecioni
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 10 February 1872
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by Conrad Dressler
plaster relief, 1882
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by William Edward Kilburn
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
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by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by John Watkins
albumen print, 1860s
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by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862-1866
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by and published by William Walker
albumen print, published 1867
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by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1876
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by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1852 or after
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by William Holl Jr, after George Richmond
stipple engraving, 1852 or after
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
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Spencer Horatio Walpole ('Statesmen, No. 105.
by Adriano Cecioni
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 February 1872
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Sir James Spearman with A.A Pearson and others.
by Unknown photographer
print, 1898
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