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Horace (Horatio) Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford was born on 24 September, the son of the first British Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. He was an art historian and politician. He published ‘The Castle of Otranto’ in 1764 and:
Some Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762)
The Mysterious Mother (1768)
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of Richard III (1768)
On Modern Gardening (1780)
A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole (1784)
Hieroglyphic Tales (1785)
As Horace Walpole was childless, on his death his barony of Walpole descended to his cousin of the same surname, who was created the new Earl of Orford.
He died 2 March 1797
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