Alice Walpole

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Angel Carro Castrillo
(m. 1990;div. 2010)
Alice Walpole
OBE
Alice Walpole, Ambassadors' 2014 visit to Cinqfontaines-101.jpg
Walpole in 2014
British Ambassador to Mali
In office
2016–2017
Children6
Parent(s) Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole
Judith Chaplin

Alice Louise Walpole, OBE (born 1 September 1963), is a British diplomat who was (from 2017 to 2021) Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. She had previously served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg and to Mali. [1]

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Career

Walpole was educated at Norwich High School for Girls and New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College).

She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1985. [1] Following a posting as HM Consul-General in Basra, Iraq (2009–11), she became British Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in July 2011. In 2016 she became Ambassador to the Republic of Mali and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. [1] In November 2017 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Alice Walpole as the new Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). [2] She held this post until March 2021. [3]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to British Diplomacy. [4]

Alice was appointed Director of Goodenough College in April 2021. [5]

Personal life

Walpole is a daughter of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole, and his first wife Judith ( née Schofield, later Judith Chaplin), [6] and a descendant of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (of Wolterton), a younger brother of Sir Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. Her ancestors include Sir Robert Walpole's father Colonel Robert Walpole (1650–1700). The brother, Thomas, of her great-grandfather Horatio (1881-1918) [7] was the cycling partner of Lionel Martin, of Aston Martin.

In 1990, she married Dr Angel Carro Castrillo (of Switzerland), with whom she has six children. [6] They divorced in 2010, having separated in 2002.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Hon Alice Walpole". gov.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. "Secretary-General appoints Alice Walpole of the United Kingdom as Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq". United Nations Iraq. 1 November 2017.
  3. "Secretary-General appoints Ms. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland as Deputy Special Representative for Iraq". United Nations Iraq. 8 March 2021.
  4. "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N25.
  5. "Goodenough College appoints new Director". 23 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN   0-9711966-2-1.
  7. Cycling Saturday 18 April 1903, page 49
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Ambassador to Luxembourg
2011–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Mali
2016–2017
Succeeded by
Catherine Evans