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Horace (Horatio) WALPOLE
Adm. Fell.-Com. at KING'S, 11 Mar., 1734/5.
3rd s. of Sir Robert (1695), K.G.
B. 24 Sep., 1717.
School, Eton [ Buckinghamshire ].
Matric. 1735 .
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, 27 May, 1731.
Resided in College till about 1738-9 .
Inspector at the Custom House.
Chief usher of the Exchequer, 1738-97 .
Travelled in France and Italy with the poet Gray, 1739-41 .
M.P. for Callington [ Cornwall ], 1741-54 ; for Castle Rising [ Norfolk ], 1754-7 ; for Lynn [ Norfolk ], 1757-68 .
F.S.A., 1753 .
Succeeded as 4th Earl of Orford, 05 Dec., 1791.
Settled at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham [ Middlesex ]; transformed the House into 'a little Gothic Castle'; established a private press there, 1757-89 .
Made a great collection of articles of virtu.
Distinguished as a wit, a connoisseur, and a man of quality.
Author, miscellaneous.
Died unmarried, 02 Mar., 1797; buried at Houghton [ Norfolk ].
Brother of Edward ( 1724-5 ).
( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ( Peerage ), VI. 131.)
Horace (Horatio) WALPOLE
Approx. lifespan: 1716–1797
Adm. Fell.-Com. at King's College 1734/5:03:11
3rd s. of Sir Robert WALPOLE (1695) K.G.
b. 1717:09:24
Sch: Eton
Matric. 1735
Adm. at Lincoln's Inn 1731:05:27
Resided in College till about 1738-39
Inspector at the Custom House.
Chief usher of the Exchequer 1738-97
Travelled in France , and Italy , with the poet Gray 1739-41
M.P. for Callington, [Cornwall], 1741-54 ; for Castle Rising, [Norfolk], 1754-57 ; for Lynn, [Norfolk], 1757-68
F.S.A. 1753
Succeeded as 4th Earl of Orford 1791:12:05
Settled at Strawberry Hill Twickenham, [Middlesex], ; transformed the House into 'a little Gothic Castle'; established a private press there 1757-89
Made a great collection of articles of virtu.
Distinguished as a wit, a connoisseur, and a man of quality.
Author, miscellaneous.
Died unmarried 1797:03:02 ; buried at Houghton, [Norfolk],
brother of Edward WALPOLE (1724)
( D.N.B. ; G.E.C. ( Peerage ), VI. 131)

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