Horace Walpole turns to the letters and argues that: Walpole's numerous letters are often used as a historical resource. In one, dating from 28 January 1754, he coined the word serendipity which he said was derived from a "silly fairy tale" he had read, "The Three Princes of Serendip". The oft-quoted epigram, "This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel", is from a letter of Walpole's to Anne, Countess of Ossory, on 16 August 1776. The original, fuller version appeared in a letter to Sir Horace Mann on 31 December 1769: "I have often said,
Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole at his death in February 1989 was sworn as £2,065,295 (). In April 2016 he sold Wolterton Hall, the house commissioned by his ancestor the 1st Baron Walpole in 1742, where he and his father had lived. Robert Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole Robert Horatio Walpole, 10th Baron Walpole of Walpole, JP (born 8 December 1938) is a British politician and former member of the House of Lords. Walpole is a relative of Sir Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister. He is the 10th and 8th Baron Walpole (from two different creations). His ancestors include Sir Robert Walpole's father Robert