4th Earl of Orford (1717–97), English writer and Whig politician, son of Sir Robert Walpole. He wrote The Castle of Otranto (1764), one of the first Gothic novels.
Definition of Walpole, Horace in US English:
Walpole, Horace
proper nounˈwôlˌpōl
4th Earl of Orford (1717–97), English writer and politician; son of Sir Robert Walpole. He wrote The Castle of Otranto (1764), one of the first Gothic novels.