Horatio Walpole

Horatio Walpole
noun
English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author, ↑historian, ↑historiographer

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  • Horatio Walpole — is the name of several people:*Horatio Walpole (MP) (1663–1717) *Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678–1757) *Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797) *Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1723–1809) *Horatio Walpole, 2nd… …   Wikipedia

  • Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole — Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757), English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the great Sir Robert Walpole.The Walpoles owned land in Norfolk in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford — (12 June 1723 ndash; 24 February 1809) was a British Whig politician.Walpole was the eldest son and heir of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole. In 1747, he was elected as Member of Parliament for King s Lynn and held the seat until 1757 when he… …   Wikipedia

  • Spencer Horatio Walpole — Spencer Horatio Walpole, PC, QC, LLD (11 September 1806 ndash;22 May 1898) was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby. Walpole was the second… …   Wikipedia

  • Walpole — may refer to:* Walpole, Massachusetts * Walpole, New Hampshire * Walpole Island, Ontario Canada * Walpole, Suffolk * Walpole, Western Australia * Walpole railway station a former station in Norfolk, England * Walpole Island, New CaledoniaOr : *… …   Wikipedia

  • Walpole — Walpole, Horace Walpole, Robert Walpole, sir Hugh Seymour * * * (as used in expressions) Walpole, Horace, 4 conde de Orford Horatio Walpole Walpole, Robert, 1 conde de Orford Walpole, Sir Hugh (Seymour) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Walpole —   [ wɔːlpəʊl],    1) Horace, eigentlich Horatio Walpole, 4. Earl of Orford [ əv ɔːfəd], englischer Schriftsteller, * London 24. 9. 1717, ✝ ebenda 2. 3. 1797, Sohn von 3); studierte in Cambridge, war mehrfach Mitglied des Parlaments; betrieb in… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Walpole Park — is a municipal urban public open space run by Ealing Borough Council, and its main entrance is situated in Mattock Lane, Ealing, West London.In 1987 10 01 it was registered by English Heritage on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special… …   Wikipedia

  • Walpole, Horace, 4o conde de Orford — orig. Horatio Walpole (24 sep. 1717, Londres, Inglaterra–2 mar. 1797, Londres). Escritor, estudioso y coleccionista inglés. Hijo del primer ministro Robert Walpole, Horace desarrolló una carrera poco destacada en el parlamento. En 1747 adquirió… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Walpole — [wôl′pōl, wäl′pōl] 1. Horace 4th Earl of Orford (born Horatio Walpole) 1717 97; Eng. writer 2. Sir Robert 1st Earl of Orford 1676 1745; Eng. statesman: prime minister (1721 42): father of Horace …   English World dictionary

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