Sec. to envoy to Spain 1706 – 07, to chancellor of Exchequer and sec. of state 1707 – 09, to embassy at The Hague May 1709-March 1711; under-sec. of state 1708 – 10, 1714 – 15; commr. of revenue [I] 1713 – 16; minister to The Hague Jan. – Apr. 1715, Oct. 1715 – Oct. 1716, May-July 1722; sec. to Treasury 1715 – 17, 1721 – 30; surveyor and auditor gen. of the revenue in America (for life) 1717; sec. to ld. lt. [I] 1720 – 21; P.C. [I] 1720; envoy to Paris 1723, ambassador extraordinary May 1724–7, ambassador extraordinary and plenip. 1727 – 30; plenip. and jt. ambassador, congress of Soissons 1728; cofferer of the Household 1730 – 41; P.C. 12 Nov. 1730; ambassador and plenip. to The Hague Apr. 1734 – Nov. 1739; teller of the Exchequer 1741 – d.
WALPOLE, Horatio (1678-1757)