- Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford - English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)
--1 is a kind of writer, author; historian, historiographer
- 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)
--2 is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader