Horatio Walpole, later created 1st Baron Walpole, was born in 1678 in Houghton, Norfolk. Wolterton Hall, 25 miles away, was built for him in 1722.

He succeeded as the 10th Baron Walpole of Walpole in 1989, as well as the 8th Baron Walpole of Wolterton. Lord Walpole died on May 8. He leaves behind his wife, children, and grandchildren Hester, ...

Horatio Walpole, later created 1st Baron Walpole, was born in 1678 in Houghton, Norfolk. Wolterton Hall, 25 miles away, was built for him in 1722.

The couple bought the Palladian pile from the 10th Baron Walpole four years ago, after sitting empty and uninhabited since 1989, a sleeping beauty (not for the first time in the building’s history).

Wolterton Hall was built in 1741 by Baron Horatio Walpole, brother of Britain's first prime minister Robert Walpole. It was left vacant after the ninth Baron Walpole, Robert, died in 1989.

Grade I-listed Wolterton Hall was built by Thomas Ripley for the 1st Baron Walpole in the 1740s. In recent years it has hosted many events such as concerts and antique fairs and become a popular ...

Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a white marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. The square plinth ...

A descendant of England’s first prime minister, also Lord Robert Walpole, the 10th Baron Walpole of Walpole has lived at Mannington Hall, near Aylsham, since 1969.