Alice Walpole


The Hon. Alice Louise Walpole is a British diplomat who is the current Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq. She has previously served as British Ambassador to Luxembourg and to Mali.

Career

Walpole was educated at Norwich High School for Girls and New Hall, Cambridge.
She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985. Following a posting as HM Consul-General in Basra, Iraq, 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. 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.
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to British Diplomacy.

Personal life

Walpole is a daughter of Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole and his first wife Judith.
In 1990, she married Dr Angel Carro Castrillo, with whom she has six children. They divorced in 2010, having separated in 2002.