Horatio William Walpole, fourth earl of Orford

(1813-1894)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Walpole, Horatio William, Earl of Orford, 1813-1894 NRA: Walpole Horatio (1813-1894) 4th Earl of Orford LBT ID: LdOrfor4 VIAF ID: 4766780 LOC ID: nr00004075	B/BAP: 1813-04-18 DIED: 1894-12-07
SOURCES: DNB ["Susan Hamilton"]; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Son of the third earl; a rake, in 1848 he eloped with Susan Hamilton, wife of the future duke of Newcastle, and abandoned her in Italy while she was pregnant with their son, Horatio.
REFERENCES TO Horatio William Walpole, fourth earl of Orford: Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 19 April 1851 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IX. 1851.