The younger brother of Grosvenor Charles Bedford; he attended Westminster School, worked at the British Museum, and corresponded with Robert Southey. He contributed poems to the Monthly Magazine and the Annual Anthology.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Horace Walpole Bedford:

Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 13 November 1793 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 22 December 1793 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 20 July 1794 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)