Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (third creation)

Horatio William Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (18 April 1813 – 7 December 1894),[1] styled Lord Walpole between 1822 and 1858, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

Horatio William Walpole
Member of the British Parliament
for Norfolk East
In office
1835–1837
4th Earl of Orford
In office
1858–1894
Personal details
Born18 April 1813
Died7 December 1894
SpouseHarriet Bettina Frances Pellew
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge[1]

Background edit

Orford was the son of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford, and Mary, daughter of William Augustus Fawkener.

Political career edit

In 1835, at the age of 21, Orford was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Norfolk East, a seat he held until 1837.[2] In 1858 he succeeded his father in the earldom and took his seat in the House of Lords. He referred to the famed advocate of women's rights Mary Wollstonecraft as "a hyena in petticoats".[3]

Family edit

Lord Orford married Harriet Bettina Frances, daughter of Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew, in 1841. He "treated her with grotesquely violent cruelty" and in 1846 she went to live in Florence.[4] They had two daughters.

  • Lady Dorothy Elizabeth Mary Walpole (1842-1921), married Don Ernesto del Balzo, 7. Duca di Caprigliano, Duca del Balzo
  • Lady Maude Mary Walpole (b.9 Aug 1844), married Count Salvatore Grifeo and Grevana, Prince Palagonia

She died in November 1886. Lord Orford survived her by eight years and died in December 1894, aged 81. He was succeeded in the earldom by his nephew, Robert.

Lord Orford had an illegitimate child, Horatio Walpole, by the Lady Susan, wife of the 5th Duke of Newcastle and daughter of Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Current History and Modern Culture: 1894. Current History Company. 1895. p. 967.
  2. ^ "leighrayment.com". Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Fawcett, Millicent Garrett (1912?). Women's Suffrage: a short history of a great movement. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. p. 5.
  4. ^ Rintoul, MC (2014). Dictionary of Real People and Places in Fiction. Routledge. p. 926.
  5. ^ "Opdebeck [née Douglas-Hamilton], Lady Susan Harriet Catherine [other married name Susan Harriet Catherine Pelham-Clinton, countess of Lincoln] (1814–1889), figure of scandal". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39436. Retrieved 27 August 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Norfolk East
1835–1837
With: Edmond Wodehouse
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Orford
3rd creation
1858–1895
Succeeded by
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Walpole
of Walpole
1858–1895
Succeeded by
Baron Walpole
of Wolterton
1858–1895