Walpole

noun

1. Horace, 4th Earl of Or·ford [awr-ferd] /ˈɔr fərd/, Horatio Walpole, 1717–97, English novelist and essayist (son of Sir Robert Walpole).
2. Sir Hugh Seymour,1884–1941, English novelist, born in New Zealand.
3. Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Or·ford [awr-ferd] /ˈɔr fərd/, 1676–1745, British statesman: prime minister 1715–17; 1721–42.
4. a city in E Massachusetts.