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1717 – 1797Horace Walpole (1717-1797)Died 2 March 1797, aged 79Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, was an English writer, politician, and art collector best known for his Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto" and for his extensive letters chronicling eighteenth-century life. He built the influential Gothic Revival house Strawberry Hill. He was the son of Britain's first prime minister, Robert Walpole.