Walpole, Sir Hugh Syllabification: (Wal·pole, Sir Hugh)Pronunciation: /ˈwôlˌpōl/Definition of Walpole, Sir Hugh (1884–1941), British novelist, born in New Zealand; full name Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole. He is noted for The Herries Chronicle (1930–33), a historical sequence. Walpole, Sir Hugh in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Walpole, Sir Hugh in the British & World English dictionary