Wickwar & Co. 6 Poland St. Manufacturers to H.M Stationery Office
A Black Morocco Leather Dispatch Box, the bevelled gilt tooled top bearing the royal insignia of Queen Victoria and stamped S.Walpole Esq*. with a central brass swing handle. The interior stamped Wickwar & Co. 6 Poland St. Manufacturers to H.M. Stationery Office, the Bramah Patent lock stamped S.Mordan & Co. London retains its original key.
Dimensions
46 x 30.5 x 15 cm
Spencer Horatio Walpole QC (11 September 1806 – 22 May 1898) was a British Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby.
Walpole was the second son of Thomas Walpole and Lady Margaret Perceval, youngest daughter of the 2nd Earl of Egmont and sister of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. His grandfather was Thomas Walpole, son of the diplomat the 1st Baron Walpole, younger brother of Prime Minister the 1st Earl of Orford. Walpole was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He chose law as his profession, and was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1831. He built up a successful practice and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1846.
