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Horace Walpole

Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), also known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician.

He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, south-west London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes.

He was the son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. As Horace Walpole was childless, on his death his barony of Walpole descended to his cousin of the same surname, who was created the new Earl of Orford.

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English writer and politician (1717–1797)

Born 24 September 1717
Died 2 March 1797

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  • Cover of: Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second: From the original mss.

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  • Cover of: Letters of Horace Walpole, earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann, British envoy at the court of Tuscany.

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    First published in 1785 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1914 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1918 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1944 — 3 editions
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English writer and politician (1717–1797)

Born 24 September 1717
Died 2 March 1797

Subjects

History, Correspondence, Walpole, horace, 1717-1797, Nobility, English Authors, Legislators, Painting, Early works to 1800, Art, Painters, Social life and customs, Portraits, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), Artists, Collectors and collecting, Engravers, Biography, Gardening, Sources, Bibliography, Great britain, biography, Politics and government, Private collections, Art collections, Catalogs

Places

Great Britain, England, London, Twickenham (London, England), Grande-Bretagne, Italy, Norfolk, Norfolk (GB), Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), Strawberry Hill (Villa, England), Strawberry Hill, England (Villa), Twickenham

People

Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Mary Berry (1763-1852), Agnes Berry (1764-1852), Horace Walpole Earl of Orford (1717-1797), George Vertue (1684-1756), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Agnes Berry, George Montagu (1713(ca.)-1780), Henrietta Hobart Howard Suffolk Countess of (1688?-1767), Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795), Richard III King of England (1452-1485), Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Thomas Gray (1716-1771), 2 v.10 Horace Walpole Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Anne Upper Ossory Countess of, Barbara Cecilia Seton, Conyers Middleton (1683-1750), David Dalrymple Sir (1726-1792), David Hume (1711-1776), Ethelred, George Augustus Selwyn (1719-1791), George II King of Great Britain, George II King of Great Britain (1683-1760), George Lyttelton Lyttelton Baron (1709-1773)

Time

George II, 1727-1760, 18th century, 1760-1789, George III, 1760-1820, 1727-1760, Richard III, 1483-1485

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Alternative names

  • Walpole, Horace, 4th earl of Oxford, 1717-1797.
  • Walpole, Horace earl of Orford
  • Walpole, Horace Earl of Orford
  • Walpole, Horace 4th Earl of Orford.
  • Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
  • Horace 1717-1797 Walpole
  • Walpole, Horace Earl of Orford.
  • Horace Walpole (4th Earl of Orford )
  • Horace 1717-1797 Counter-Addr Walpole
  • Horace earl of Orford 1717-17 Walpole
  • Horace Horace Walpole

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September 27, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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October 24, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Added short bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import