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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, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

Born 24 September 1717
Died 2 March 1797

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  • Cover of: Volume 34: With the Countess of Upper Ossory, III, 1788-1797 (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Cor)

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  • Cover of: Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence: Volumes 44-48 : Complete Index (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 1: With the Rev. William Cole, I (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 28: With William Mason, I (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Cor)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volume 3: With Madame Du Deffand, and Wiart, I (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Cor)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volume 30: With George Selwyn, Lord Lincoln, Sir Charles Handbury Williams, Henry Fox, and Richard ... (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Cor)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volume 33: With the Countess of Upper Ossory, II, 1778-1787 (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole`s Cor)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 40: Miscellaneous Correspondence, Volume I, 1734-1765

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 41: Miscellaneous Correspondence, Volume II, 1766-1781 (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 42: Miscellaneous Correspondence, Volume III, 1782-1797, Undated Letters (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 43: Additions and Correction (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 44: Complete Index: Volume I, A. A. to Constant (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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  • Cover of: The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 46: Complete Index: Volume III, Graziosi to Moldavia (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence)

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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
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, Sources, Bibliography, Gardening, 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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