Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (13 or 24 June 1752 – 15 June 1822), styled The Honourable Horatio Walpole between 1757 and 1806 and Lord Walpole between 1806 and 1809, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Orford was the son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford

Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford

Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was a British Whig politician.Walpole was the eldest son and heir of the 1st Baron Walpole. In 1747, he was elected as Member of Parliament for King's Lynn and held the seat until 1757 when he inherited his father's barony of Walpole...

, son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC , English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole....

, brother of Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. His mother was Lady Rachel, daughter of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

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. He gained the courtesy title Lord Walpole when the earldom of Orford was revived in favour of his father in 1806.

Political career

Orford was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Wigan

Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)

Wigan is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 in 1780, a seat he held until 1784, and then represented King's Lynn

King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)

King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...

 between 1784 and 1809. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords

House of Lords

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Family

Lord Orford was twice married. He married firstly Sophia, daughter of Charles Churchill, in 1781. After her death in 1797 he married secondly Catherine, daughter of Reverend James Tunstall, in 1806. She died in the following year. Lord Orford survived her by 15 years and died in June 1822. He was succeeded in the earldom by his son, Horatio

Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford

Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford , styled Lord Walpole between 1809 and 1822, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...

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