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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Horace Walpole
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English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)
Born | 24 September 1717 |
Died | 2 March 1797 |
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Horace Walpole
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English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)
Born | 24 September 1717 |
Died | 2 March 1797 |
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History, Correspondence, Nobility, English Authors, Painting, Legislators, Painters, Early works to 1800, Portraits, Art, Artists, Engravers, Gardening, Walpole, horace, 1717-1797, Biography, Collectors and collecting, Social life and customs, Sources, Bibliography, Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England), Art collections, Bio-bibliography, Catalogs, English literature, Politics and governmentPlaces
Great Britain, England, Italy, Norfolk, Norfolk (GB), Strawberry Hill (Villa, England), TwickenhamPeople
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), George Vertue (1684-1756), Agnes Berry, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Anne Upper Ossory Countess of, Barbara Cecilia Seton, Ethelred, George Augustus Selwyn (1719-1791), George II King of Great Britain, George II King of Great Britain (1683-1760), George Vertue, Henry Seymour Conway (1721-1795), Horace Mann (1706-1786), Horace Mann (1796-1859), Horace Walpole Earl of Orford (1717-1797), Madeline Usher, Mary Berry (1763-1852), Richard III King of England, Richard III King of England (1452-1485), Richard West (1716-1742), Robert Walpole (1676-1745), Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Roderick Usher, Thomas Ashton (1716-1775), Thomas Gray (1716-1771)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2180322A
- ISNI: 0000000108744758
- VIAF: 17231985
- Wikidata: Q309903
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q309903
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- 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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July 22, 2022 | Edited by Tom Morris | merge authors |
September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
October 24, 2019 | Edited by dcapillae | Added short bio |
April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |