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Robert Walpole, 1.° conde de Orford ( Houghton, Norfolk, 1676 - Londres, 1745), conocido entre 1725 y 1742 como Sir Robert Walpole, fue un destacado político inglés, considerado de facto como la primera persona en ocupar el cargo de primer ministro del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña. Ocupó el poder durante casi 21 años, desde 1721 hasta 1742 ...
Horace Walpole ritratto da Sir Joshua Reynolds (1756). Horace Walpole, 4º Conte di Orford (Londra, 24 settembre 1717 – Londra, 2 marzo 1797), è stato uno scrittore inglese, considerato il fondatore della letteratura gotica, autore de Il castello di Otranto, primo romanzo horror propriamente detto, e attivo in diversi ambiti e con vari interessi.
Horatio Walpole, 2nd Baron Walpole (1723–1809), created Earl of Orford in 1806; The Hon. Mary Walpole (born 25 February 1726), who married Maurice Suckling. The Hon. Thomas Walpole (6 October 1727 – March 1803), who married Elizabeth Vanneck (died 9 June 1760) on 14 November 1753, and had issue.
Walpole era el segundo hijo de Thomas Walpole y de Lady Margaret Perceval, la hija menor del 2º Conde de Egmont y hermana del primer ministro Spencer Perceval. Su abuelo fue Thomas Walpole , hijo del diplomático Horatio Walpole (1er barón Walpole), hermano menor del Primer Ministro Robert Walpole (1er conde de Orford).
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Thomas Ashton, 1756 mezzotint by James Macardell, after Joshua Reynolds. Life. Ashton was the son of Dr. Ashton, usher of Lancaster grammar school. He was educated at Eton College, where a group of friends formed—Ashton, Thomas Gray, Horace Walpole, and Richard West—who called themselves the "Quadruple Alliance".
Thomas Patch (March 13, 1725 – April 30, 1782) was an English painter, printmaker in etching, physiognomist and art historian. He made a living from painting views of Florence and Tivoli and appears to have sold a number of painted caricature groups to members of the Anglo-Florentine community and to young British men on the Grand Tour .
