Edward Walpole Jr. (1737-1771) was the son of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715-1739). Born September 22, 1737, and baptized at St. James, Piccadilly, he was a student of Rev. Thomas Newcomb (1682?-1765) in Homerton, near Hackney, before entering an apprenticeship in May 1753 at the insurance office of John Peter Blaquière in Austin Friars, City of London. By 1755 Sir Edward Walpole was actively seeking a military commission for him with the Dragoon Guards. Lieutenant Colonel Edward Walpole was traveling to the south of France for his health when he died in Calais on March 31, 1771. He was buried at St. John the Baptist Church in Windsor, Berkshire., The portrait is set in a burnished bezel bracelet clasp attached to a modern black silk velvet ribbon., and For further provenance information, see the custodial history note in the Guide to the Sir Edward Walpole and Dorothy Clement Family Papers (LWL MSS 37).
Rectangular enameled plaque with a colored image showing a king-fisher on the left, two ducks on the right near a pond, and a building between them in the distance, similar to one belonging to Horace Walpole., "A king-fisher and ducks, of the Battersea enamel: it was a manufacture, stamped with a copper plate, supported by Alderman Jansen, but failed"--From the 1774 Description. Formerly located in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Title and date from dealer's catalog., Gilt bronze mount., Painted after Robert Hancock., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Maria Walpole (1736-1807) was the daughter of Sir Edward Walpole (1706-1784) and his common-law wife Dorothy Clement (1715?-1739). She married first, in 1759, James Waldegrave (1714-1763), Earl Waldegrave, and second, in 1766, Prince William Henry Hanover (1743-1805), Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. and Miniature attached to larger paper backing, mounted in early 20th century bezel; it was probably originally set in a locket or bracelet clasp.
