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Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (12 June 1723 – 24 February 1809) [1] was a British Whig politician. Biography. Horatio Walpole (1723–1809) by Pierre Subleyras, circa 1746. Walpole was the eldest son and heir of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole. [citation needed]
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757) was an English diplomat, politician and peer who served as the British ambassador to France from 1724 to 1730. He was the son of Robert Walpole and the younger brother of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l /; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better 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, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before ...
21 de ene. de 2014 · The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford by Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Publication date 1798 Topics
WALPOLE, HORACE OR HORATIO. (1717–1797). Diarist, author, politician, patron of the arts, and fourth earl of Orford. Walpole, the youngest child of Sir Robert Walpole, left an immense volume of letters and diaries that provide a fertile source for historians studying the eighteenth century.
In 1758 Horatio stood godfather of Horatio Nelson, nephew of his sister, Mary. The baby was named after him. He inherited the barony of Walpole of Walpole from his cousin, the 4th and last Earl of Orford in 1797 and was himself created Earl of Orford in 1806.
‘Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford’ was created in 1806 by Charles Turner in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
