Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole by Christian Friedrich Zincke

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757) was an English diplomat, politician and peer who served as the British ambassador to France from 1724 to 1730. He was the son of Robert Walpole and the younger brother of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.[1]

  1. ^ "WALPOLE, Horatio (1678–1757), of Wolterton, Norf. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 10 September 2018.