Son of the English Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole, Horace Walpole (1717-1797) had a respectable political career as a member of Parliament, thanks to his father. However, he is primarily remembered as a writer, known for being the initiator of the Gothic genre with his debut work "The Castle of Otranto."
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Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) was an English writer and man of letters, author of The Castle of Otranto (1764), often cited as the first Gothic novel; he also published plays and an extensive correspondence.
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