Inscription
Horace Walpole, 1717-1797, man of letters, lived here.
Site: Horace Walpole (1 memorial)
TW1, Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill, 268
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Horace Walpole
Subjects commemorated i
Horatio ('Horace') Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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