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The Walpole family ( / ˈwɔːlˌpoʊl, ˈwɒl -/) is a famous English aristocratic family known for their 18th century political influence and for building notable country houses including Houghton Hall. Heads of this family have traditionally been the Earl of Orford.
- Robert Walpole
Soon after Walpole's resignation, a bitter family quarrel...
- Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l /; 24...
- Robert Walpole
I suoi genitori furono Robert Walpole, un politico whig che rappresentava la circoscrizione di Castle Rising nella Camera dei comuni, e Mary Burwell: Robert fu il quinto di diciassette figli, otto dei quali morirono durante l'infanzia. Walpole studiò a Eton dal 1690 al 1695 e si immatricolò nel King's College dell' Università di Cambridge nel 1696.
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.
Family. His heir was Jonathan Robert Hugh Walpole (born 16 November 1967), a writer. Walpole and his first wife Judith ( née Schofield, later Chaplin) had four other children, including diplomat Alice Walpole. The couple divorced in 1979. In 1980 Walpole married Laurel Celia Ball with whom he had three further children. Wealth and estates.
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.
