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Hace 3 días · Horace Walpole (born September 24, 1717, London, England—died March 2, 1797, London) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector known for his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first Gothic novel in the English language and one of the earliest literary horror stories.
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Hace 2 días · Strawberry Hill, Gothic Revival home of Horace Walpole, located on the River Thames in Twickenham (now in Richmond upon Thames, an outer borough of London), Eng. Walpole bought the house as a cottage in 1747 and gradually transformed it into a medieval-style mansion that suggested in its atmosphere.
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Hace 4 días · Royal warrant dated St. James's to the Attorney or Solicitor General for a great seal to appoint Horatio Walpole, senr., and Francis Hawes to be Receiver General and Cashier of Customs: with the annuity or yearly salary of 1,000l.: in place of Henry Ferne, whose patent is hereby revoked, being granted during pleasure.
Hace 2 días · Walpole House was the first residence west of the Royal Hospital, on the south side of Paradise Row. The whole of the external appearance of the present building is from the design of Sir John Soane, and dates from 1810, with the exception of the south-west extension, which has been made since.
Hace 3 días · Treasury warrant of approval of Barwell Smith as first clerk in the office of the Rt. Hon. Horatio Walpole, esq,., one of the four Tellers in the Receipt. Prefixing: —Extract of the Act of 8 and 9 Wm. III. relating to the course of the Exchequer; and said Walpole's presentment of said Smith to the Treasury in accordance therewith.
Hace 2 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 2 días · The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, [3] is a senior minister of the Crown within His Majesty's Government, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet .
