Walpole,
Horace 4th Earl of Orford (born Horatio Walpole) 1717-97; Eng. writer
Walpole,
Sir Robert 1st Earl of Orford 1676-1745; Eng. statesman: prime minister (1721-42): father of Horace
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British writer and historian whose correspondence and memoirs provide valuable information about his era. He wrote The Castle of Otranto (1764), considered the first Gothic novel in English.
, Sir Robert. First Earl of Orford. 1676-1745.
English politician who as first lord of the treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1715-1717 and 1721-1742) led the Whig administration and is regarded as Britain's first prime minister.