He gained the courtesy title Lord Walpole when the earldom of Orford was revived in favour of his father in 1806.
[1] Orford was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan in 1780, a seat he held until 1784,[2] and then represented King's Lynn between 1784 and 1809.
[4] After the earl died, Horatio was promoted to succeed him as Colonel of the West Norfolk Militia.
[5] On his own death in 1822, he was succeeded in command by his son Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford.
He married firstly Sophia, daughter of Charles Churchill and granddaughter of Robert Walpole, in 1781.