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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757), Diplomat and politician

Sitter associated with 10 portraits
Diplomat and Whig politician. As an M.P. for 46 years and ambassador to the Netherlands and to France, Lord Walpole played a leading role in the 18th-century Whig supremacy most especially during his younger brother, Sir Robert Walpole's long reign as Prime Minister.

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Unknown man, formerly known as Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1695-1720
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by Christian Friedrich Zincke
enamel on copper, circa 1720-1725
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D38508

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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D4617

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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D4618

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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D4620

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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D14348

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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D38509

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by William Holl Sr, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1831
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D9346

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton ('The Norfolk Dumplin')

by Street, after L. Bond
etching, published 1744
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (brother)
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (nephew)
Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (nephew)
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (son)
Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (grandson)
Mary Walpole (née Lombard), Lady Walpole of Wolterton (wife)
Sir Edward Walpole (grandfather)
Galfridus Walpole (brother)
George Walpole (grandson)
Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole
Thomas Walpole (son)
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Politics, Government and Diplomacy
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Ambassadors and diplomats
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France
Netherlands