Horatio Walpole ba kalma ba ce a cikin harshen Ingilishi. Duk da haka, akwai wani mutum mai tarihi mai suna Horace Walpole (1717-1797), wanda marubucin Ingilishi ne, masanin tarihi, kuma ɗan siyasa. An san shi da littafinsa mai suna "The Castle of Otranto," wanda ake la'akari da littafin Gothic na farko. Walpole kuma ya ƙirƙiri salon Tarurrukan Gothic a cikin gine-gine, kuma mazauninsa na Landan, Strawberry Hill House, sanannen misali ne na wannan salon. Baya ga ayyukansa na adabi da na gine-gine, Walpole ya kuma kasance memba na Majalisar Biritaniya kuma mai tarin fasaha da ake girmamawa.