Horace Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:writer
politician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:birthDate 1717-09-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:burialPlace St Martin's Church, Tours, France
gptkbp:correspondedWith gptkb:Horace_Mann
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
gptkb:William_Mason
gptkb:Mary_Berry
gptkbp:deathDate 1797-03-02
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:London
gptkbp:father gptkb:Robert_Walpole
gptkbp:genre gothic fiction
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Horace Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkb:Ann_Radcliffe
gptkb:Matthew_Lewis
gptkbp:knownFor originating the Gothic novel
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Castle_Rising
gptkb:King's_Lynn
gptkb:Callington
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Catherine_Shorter
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Castle_of_Otranto
gptkb:Anecdotes_of_Painting_in_England
Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:art_historian
antiquarian
author
politician
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Joshua_Reynolds
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_Walpole,_1st_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Strawberry_Hill_House
gptkbp:residesIn gptkb:London
Twickenham
gptkbp:signature Horace Walpole signature.svg
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Horatio_Walpole,_3rd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:title gptkb:2nd_Earl_of_Orford
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lady_Hester_Frances_Walpole
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8