Horace Walpole
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Horace Walpole was an English writer and politician who lived from 1717 to 1797 and made important contributions to literature and public life during the 18th century. He is remembered as a significant figure of his era, though the specific nature of his literary and political achievements would require further exploration to fully understand his lasting impact.
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Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ˈwɔːlpoʊl/; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was a British Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian.
He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto (1764), and his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. In 2017, a volume of Walpole's selected letters was published.
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1717 births1797 deaths18th-century English antiquarians18th-century English letter writers18th-century English LGBTQ people18th-century English memoirists18th-century English novelists18th century in LGBTQ historyAlumni of King's College, CambridgeAntiquarians from LondonBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish MPs 1741–1747