Claim: Spencer Horatio Walpole, a British Conservative Party politician, who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby, chose law as his profession, built up a successful practice, and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1846.
Evidence: 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. 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.