1. (noun)Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
2. (noun)Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)