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Wallop had a brother, Edward John Wallop (1930-2000), and a sister, Jean Margaret Wallop Herbert (1935-2019), the wife of Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert (1924-2001), the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, who was the racing manager for Queen [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert (1924-2001) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref> In 1984, the queen visited the Herberts and Wallops at the Canyon Ranch in Big Horn, Wyoming.<ref>"Ranch's Royal Guest Arrives for Weekend",''The New York Times,'' October 13, 1984</ref> That same year Wallop married for the third time, French Carter Gamble Goodwyn. The couple divorced in 2001 and quarreled over her share of Wallop lands. The divorce decree in 2004 upheld his claims.<ref>Wyoming high court upholds Wallop divorce settlement | Wyoming News | billingsgazette.com, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>

Wallop had a brother, Edward John Wallop (1930-2000), and a sister, Jean Margaret Wallop Herbert (1935-2019), the wife of Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert (1924-2001), the 7th Earl of Carnarvon, who was the racing manager for Queen [[Elizabeth II]].<ref>Henry George Reginald Molyneux Herbert (1924-2001) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref> In 1984, the queen visited the Herberts and Wallops at the Canyon Ranch in Big Horn, Wyoming.<ref>"Ranch's Royal Guest Arrives for Weekend",''The New York Times,'' October 13, 1984</ref> That same year Wallop married for the third time, French Carter Gamble Goodwyn. The couple divorced in 2001 and quarreled over her share of Wallop lands. The divorce decree in 2004 upheld his claims.<ref>Wyoming high court upholds Wallop divorce settlement | Wyoming News | billingsgazette.com, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>

==Career==

==Political career==

Following his graduation from Yale, Wallop served from 1955 to 1957 in the [[United States Army]] as a first lieutenant.

Following his graduation from Yale, Wallop served from 1955 to 1957 in the [[United States Army]] as a first lieutenant.

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In 1988, Wallop won his final term by just 1,322 votes over Democratic state senator John P. Vinich (1950-2004), the son of the 1972 Democratic Senate nominee, Mike M. Vinich (1924-2015), who lost to [[Clifford P. Hansen]], a former one-term governor and two-term U.S. senator. In his last term, Wallop pressed foreign policy and trade debates. He was a member of the Helsinki Commission and was a defender of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] and the [[World Trade Organization]].<ref name=NYTobit/>

In 1988, Wallop won his final term by just 1,322 votes over Democratic state senator John P. Vinich (1950-2004), the son of the 1972 Democratic Senate nominee, Mike M. Vinich (1924-2015), who lost to [[Clifford P. Hansen]], a former one-term governor and two-term U.S. senator. In his last term, Wallop pressed foreign policy and trade debates. He was a member of the Helsinki Commission and a defender of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] and the [[World Trade Organization]].<ref name=NYTobit/>

From 1990-94, he was the ranking Republican member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and in 1992, was a key force behind passage of the far-reaching Energy Policy Act.<ref name=NYTobit/>

From 1990-94, he was the ranking Republican member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and in 1992, was a key force behind passage of the far-reaching Energy Policy Act.<ref name=NYTobit/>

In 1994, a strongly Republican year nationally, Wallop did not seek a fourth term but became the director of the conservative Frontiers of Freedom Foundation think tank.<ref name=vacaville/>He was succeeded as senator by fellow Republican [[Craig Thomas]], who was ten days older than Wallop and died in office in 2007, when he was succeeded by Republican [[John Barrasso]].  ''The Economist'' wrote of Wallop: "Although his detractors have steadily grown in number, even Democrats grudgingly admitted to liking his candor and his willingness to be stupendously politically incorrect."<ref name=NYTobit/>

In 1994, a strongly Republican year nationally, Wallop did not seek a fourth term but became the director of the conservative think-tank, the Frontiers of Freedom Foundation. .<ref name=vacav/>He was succeeded as senator by fellow Republican [[Craig Thomas]], who was ten days older than Wallop and died in office in 2007, when he was succeeded by Republican [[John Barrasso]].  ''The Economist'' wrote of Wallop: "Although his detractors have steadily grown in number, even Democrats grudgingly admitted to liking his candor and his willingness to be stupendously politically incorrect."<ref name=NYTobit/>

In 1996, Wallop was the general chairman and executive director of the [[Steve Forbes]] campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Forbes obtained primary wins in [[Delaware]] and [[Arizona]] but lost the nomination to Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]], who was then defeated by incumbent [[Bill Clinton]].

In 1996, Wallop was the general chairman and executive director of the [[Steve Forbes]] campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Forbes obtained primary wins in [[Delaware]] and [[Arizona]] but lost the nomination to Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]], who was then defeated by incumbent [[Bill Clinton]].