I . Horace Walpole
(1717–97)
an English author, the son of Robert Walpole . His best-known book is The Castle of Otranto (1764), an early Gothic novel set in the 12th–13th centuries. Walpole is also famous for his house, Strawberry Hill , which he designed as a Gothic castle.
II . Robert Walpole
(1676–1745)
a British Whig (1) politician who was Britain’s first prime minister (1715–17 and 1721–42). He also served the longest time of any prime minister and was the first to live at Number Ten , Downing Street . His periods in power were times of peace and economic success for the country, although Walpole himself was accused of dishonest behaviour in government. He was made an earl (1) in 1742.