Walpole
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Horace, 4th Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole).
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Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand.
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Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42.
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a city in E Massachusetts.
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Horace, 4th Earl of Orford. 1717–97, British writer, noted for his letters and for his delight in the Gothic, as seen in his house Strawberry Hill and his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764)
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Sir Hugh ( Seymour ). 1884–1941, British novelist, born in New Zealand: best known for The Herries Chronicle (1930–33), a sequence of historical novels set in the Lake District
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Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford. 1676–1745, English Whig statesman. As first lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1721–42) he was effectively Britain's first prime minister
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Jane Bishop, owner of the Walpole Bay Hotel in the town, said it was "sad" that Margate's "important artefact" could no longer be enjoyed by visitors.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Helen Brocklebank, CEO of British luxury sector body Walpole and on the ball's organising committee, said London's social calendar has "always lacked a big crescendo moment... until now".
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
Schlittler, a 24-year-old rookie for the New York Yankees, hails from Walpole, Mass., a town located less than 20 miles from Fenway Park.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
The first prime minister of Britain, Robert Walpole, went to Eton College.
From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024
The Walpole party surpassed their opponents in caricature; but caricature is powerless to turn back a genuine tide of public feeling, and a year later Sir Robert was honorably shelved in the House of Lords.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
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