Walpole

[wawl-pohl, wol-]

noun

1. Horace, 4th Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole).

2. Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand.

3. Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42.

4. a city in E Massachusetts.

Walpole

/ ˈwɔːlˌpəʊl /

noun

1. 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)

2. 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

3. 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

Example Sentences

"He was interested in the development of musicals themselves in London in this period, and how musicals were used for political satire, particularly towards the Robert Walpole government," says Haddon.

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A number of what are termed "nationally significant infrastructure projects" are planned for the county, including large-scale solar farms and a corridor of pylons between Grimsby and Walpole, in Norfolk.

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More than £30,000 was raised to help build the sauna in the style of a 19th Century bathing machine, which since 2020 has been set up permanently at Walpole Bay.

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Police said skull fragments were also found in Walpole Lane in February 2024.

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An inquest at Northallerton Coroners Court heard that security guard Tony Walpole held Mr Vincent face down on the ground for 16 minutes.

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