Horatio is an English male given name, an Italianized form of the ancient Roman Latin '' nomen'' (name) ''

Horatius Horatius may refer to: People Roman era * several ancient Roman men of the '' gens Horatia'', including: ** Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the poet known in English as Horace ** one of the Horatii, three members of the ''gens Horatia'' who fought to the ...

'', from the Roman ''

gens In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...

'' (clan) '' Horatia''. The modern Italian form is '' Orazio'', the modern Spanish form '' Horacio''. It appears to have been first used in England in 1565, in the Tudor era during which the Italian Renaissance movement had started to influence English culture.

History

Horatio de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565–1635), an English military leader, was one of the earliest English holders of the name, born 34 years before Shakespeare invented the character Horatio in his 1599/1601 play '' Hamlet''. He was a grandfather of Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend (1630–1687), whose son Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (a ward of Col.

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745; known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole) was a British statesman and Whig politician who, as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader ...

(1650–1700) of Houghton Hall in Norfolk) married Dorothy Walpole, one of the latter's daughters and a sister of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (1678–1757) (and of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745), the Prime Minister). The name Horatio was subsequently much used by the Walpole family and by the 1st Baron Walpole's illustrious younger cousin Admiral

Horatio Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...

(1758–1805), his father's great-great grandson, born one year after 1st Baron Walpole's death. The 1st Baron Walpole's son, Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, 2nd Baron Walpole (1723–1809) served as a godfather at the christening of Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1758, who for that reason, as was common, was given his name.Pettigrew, Thomas, ''Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B., Duke of Bronté'', London, 1849, p.1 The Admiral died without issue, but his great-nephew Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson (1823–1913) (born with the surname "Bolton", eventual heir and great-nephew of the Admiral's elder brother William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, heir of the Admiral) carried on the name. The name "Horatio" is often informalised (or Anglicised) as "

Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

". Prominent English-language examples of the name "Horatio" include:

People

Born 16th century

* Horatio Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565–1635) (also Horace Vere or Horatio de Vere), an English military leader. Grandfather of Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend (1630–1687).

Born 17th century

* Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend (1630–1687), English politician * Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole (1678–1757), English diplomat

Born 18th century

* Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), commonly known as

Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He had Strawb ...

, English author, art historian, antiquarian and politician * Horatio Sharpe (1718–1790), 22nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland * Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1723–1809), British politician, son of the 1st baron Walpole * Horatio Gates (c. 1727–1806), American general * Horatio Mann (1744–1814), English politician * Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford (1752–1822), English politician, son of the 1st earl * Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758–1805), British admiral * Horatio Seymour (Vermont politician) (1778–1857), United States senator from Vermont * Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (1783–1858), British politician, son of the 2nd earl * Horatio Chriesman (1797–1878) American surveyor, mayor in Mexican Texas and participant in the Texas Revolution.

Born 19th century

Horatio Thomas Austin Sir Horatio Thomas Austin (10 March 1800 – 16 November 1865) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. Biography Austin was born in England on 18 March 1800, the son of an official in the Chatham Dockyard. In 1828, was dispatche ...

(1801–1865), British Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer * Horatio Ross (1801–1886), Scottish sportsman and pioneering amateur photographer * Horatio Allen (1802–1889), American civil engineer and inventor * Horatio Potter (1802–1887), Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of New York * Horatio Greenough (1805–1852), American sculptor * Horatio Bridge (1806–1893), American naval commodore *

Horatio McCulloch Horatio McCulloch (November 1805 – 24 June 1867), sometimes written MacCulloch or M'Culloch, was a Scottish landscape painter. Life He was born in Glasgow in November 1805 the son of Alexander McCulloch, a cotton merchant, and his wife, Ma ...

(1806–1867), Scottish landscape painter * Horatio Seymour (1810–1886), American politician, 18th governor of New York *

Horatio King Horatio King (June 21, 1811 – May 20, 1897) was Postmaster General of the United States under James Buchanan. Early life Born in Paris, Maine, he received a common school education, and at the age of 18 entered the office of the Paris ''Jef ...

(1811–1897), American politician, Postmaster General of the United States * Horatio Wills (1811–1861), Australian pastoralist and politician * Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (second creation) (1813–1894), British politician, son of the 3rd earl * Horatio Hale (1817–1896), American-Canadian ethnologist, philologist and businessman * Horatio Wright (1820–1899), American engineer and American Civil War Union Army General *

Horatio Spafford Horatio Gates Spafford (October 20, 1828, Troy, New York – September 25, 1888, Jerusalem) was a prominent American lawyer and Presbyterian church elder. He is best known for penning the Christian hymn '' It Is Well With My Soul'' following a fa ...

(1828–1888), lawyer, hymn writer * Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832–1899), American author * Horatio Davies (1842–1912), London businessman, politician and magistrate *

Horatio Frederick Phillips Horatio Frederick Phillips (1845 – 1924) was an English aviation pioneer, born in Streatham, Surrey. He was famous for building multiplane flying machines with many more sets of lifting surfaces than are normal on modern aircraft. However he ...

(1845–1924), early aviation pioneer from the United Kingdom *

Horatio J. Homer Horatio J. Homer (1848–1923) was Boston's first African-American police officer. He was hired by the Boston Police Department in 1878 and served on the force for 40 years. Early life Homer was born in Farmington, Connecticut, on May 24, 1848 ...

(1848–1923), Boston's first African-American police officer * Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British field marshal * Horatio Brown (1854–1926), Scottish historian *

Horatio Earle Horatio Sawyer Earle (1855–1935) is known as the "Father of Good Roads" or simply Horatio "Good Roads" Earle. Early life Earle was born February 14, 1855 on a farm in Mount Holly, Vermont. He married Agnes Lincoln in 1874 and they had a s ...

(1855–1935), American road advocate *

Horatio Hocken Horatio Clarence Hocken (October 12, 1857 – February 18, 1937) was a Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto, social reformer, a founder of what became the ''Toronto Star'' and Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of British America from ...

(1857–1937), Canadian politician, social reformer and a founder of what became the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper *

Horatio Walker Horatio Walker LL.D. (May 12, 1858 – September 27, 1938) was a Canadian painter. He worked in oils and watercolours, often depicting scenes of rural life in Canada. He was influenced by the Barbizon school. Life and work Early life ...

(1858–1938), Canadian painter * Horatio Bottomley (1860–1932), English swindler, publisher and politician * Horatio Torromé (1861–1920), British/Argentinian figure skater * Horatio Caro (1862–1920), English chess player * Horatio Parker (1863–1919), American composer * Horatio Dresser (1866–1945), New Thought religious leader and author * Horatio Nelson Jackson (1872–1955), American automobile pioneer and physician * Horatio Barber (1875–1964), early British aviation pioneer

Born 20th century

Horatio Luro Horatio A. Luro (February 27, 1901 - December 16, 1991) was a thoroughbred horse racing trainer in the United States. Luro was born in Argentina as one of nine children into the wealthy family of rancher and meat packer Adolfo Luro. The family h ...

(1901–1991), American thoroughbred horse racing trainer * Horatio Clare (born 1973), British author * Horatio Sanz (born 1974), Chilean-born American comedian

Fictional characters

* Cap'n Turbot, a main character in the TV show '' PAW Patrol'', whose first name is "Horatio" * Horatio 2.0, a robotic tarsier in the TV series ''The Nutshack'' * Horatio Blass, character in novel, ''No Fixed Address'' * Horatio Caine, police lieutenant in the television series ''CSI: Miami'' * Horatio (Hamlet), a character in the play '' Hamlet'' (1599/1601) by William Shakespeare * Horatio Hellpop, character in the comic book series ''Nexus'' *

Horatio Hornblower Horatio Hornblower is a fictional officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, the protagonist of a series of novels and stories by C. S. Forester. He later became the subject of films, radio and television programmes, an ...

, naval hero in the novels of C. S. Forester * Horatio Magellan Crunch, the mascot of '' Cap'n Crunch'' cereal * Horatio Peter McCallister, a fictional character from the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' * Horatio the Elephant, muppet on Sesame Street * Horatio, a character in Watch Dogs 2 * Horatio, the founder of the Horatio faction in the strategy game '' Endless Space'' * Horatio, the protagonist in

Pit People ''Pit People'' is an action role-playing strategy video game by indie game developer The Behemoth. An early access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One was released in January 2017 and the full version was released March 2018. Developmen ...

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