# Horatio

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'''Horatio''' ({{IPAc-en|h|@|'|r|ei|sh|i:|o:}}) is an English male given name, an Italianized form<ref>Compare Marco/Marcus, Costantino/Constantinus, Julio/Julius, etc</ref> of the ancient Roman [Latin](/source/Latin_language) ''[nomen](/source/Roman_naming_conventions)'' (name) ''[Horatius](/source/Horatius_(disambiguation))'', from the Roman ''[gens](/source/gens)'' (clan) ''[Horatia](/source/Horatia_gens)''. The modern Italian form is ''[Orazio](/source/Orazio)'', the modern Spanish form ''[Horacio](/source/Horacio)''. It appears to have been first used in England in 1565, in the [Tudor era](/source/Tudor_era) during which the [Italian Renaissance](/source/Italian_Renaissance) movement had started to influence the [English culture](/source/English_culture). The name [Horace](/source/Horace_(given_name)) is another related name from the same Latin source.

== History ==

Prominent English-language examples of the name "Horatio" include:
[Horatio de Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury](/source/Horace_Vere%2C_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](/source/Shakespeare) invented the character [Horatio](/source/Horatio_(Hamlet)) in his  1599/1601 play ''[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)''. He was a grandfather of [Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend](/source/Horatio_Townshend%2C_1st_Viscount_Townshend) (1630–1687), whose son [Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend](/source/Charles_Townshend%2C_2nd_Viscount_Townshend) (a ward of Col. [Robert Walpole](/source/Robert_Walpole_(colonel)) (1650–1700) of [Houghton Hall](/source/Houghton_Hall) in Norfolk) married Dorothy Walpole, one of the latter's daughters and a sister of [Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_1st_Baron_Walpole) (1678–1757) (and of [Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford](/source/Robert_Walpole%2C_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, 1st Viscount Nelson](/source/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson) (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](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_1st_Earl_of_Orford) (1723–1809) served as a [godfather](/source/Godparent) at the christening of Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1758, who for that reason, as was common, was given his name.<ref>Pettigrew, Thomas, ''Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K. B., Duke of Bronté'', London, 1849, p.1</ref> The Admiral died without issue, but his great-nephew [Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson](/source/Horatio_Nelson%2C_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](/source/William_Nelson%2C_1st_Earl_Nelson), heir of the Admiral) carried on the name.

== People ==
* [Horatio Alger Jr.](/source/Horatio_Alger_Jr.) (1832–1899), American author
* [Horatio Allen](/source/Horatio_Allen) (1802–1889), American civil engineer and inventor
* [Horatio Saint George Anson](/source/Horatio_Saint_George_Anson) (1903–1925), British electrical engineer
* [Horatio Thomas Austin](/source/Horatio_Thomas_Austin) (1801–1865), British Royal Navy officer and arctic explorer
* [Horatio Barber](/source/Horatio_Barber) (1875–1964), British aviation pioneer
* [Horatio Beck](/source/Horatio_Beck) (1810–1872), American politician
* [Horatio L. Birdsall](/source/Horatio_L._Birdsall) (1833–1891), American Civil War soldier awarded the Medal of Honor
* [Horatio Bottomley](/source/Horatio_Bottomley) (1860–1932), English swindler, publisher and politician
* [Horatio Bridge](/source/Horatio_Bridge) (1806–1893), American naval commodore
* [Horatio Brown](/source/Horatio_Brown) (1854–1926), Scottish historian
* [Horatio Caro](/source/Horatio_Caro) (1862–1920), English chess player
* [Horatio Chriesman](/source/Horatio_Chriesman) (1797–1878) American surveyor, mayor in Mexican Texas and participant in the Texas Revolution
* [Horatio Clare](/source/Horatio_Clare) (born 1973), British author
* [Horatio Davies](/source/Horatio_Davies) (1842–1912), London businessman, politician and magistrate
* [Horatio Dresser](/source/Horatio_Dresser) (1866–1945), New Thought religious leader and author
* [Horatio Earle](/source/Horatio_Earle) (1855–1935), American road advocate
* [Horatio Fields](/source/Horatio_Fields) (born 2002), American football player
* [Horatio Gates](/source/Horatio_Gates) (c. 1727–1806), American Revolutionary War general
* [Horatio Greenough](/source/Horatio_Greenough) (1805–1852), American sculptor
* [Horatio Hale](/source/Horatio_Hale) (1817–1896), American-Canadian ethnologist, philologist and businessman
* [Horatio Hathaway](/source/Horatio_Hathaway) (1831–1898), American industrialist, politician and philanthropist
* [Horatio Hocken](/source/Horatio_Hocken) (1857–1937), Canadian politician, social reformer and a founder of what became the ''Toronto Star'' newspaper
* [Horatio J. Homer](/source/Horatio_J._Homer) (1848–1923), Boston's first African-American police officer
* [Horatio Nelson Jackson](/source/Horatio_Nelson_Jackson) (1872–1955), American automobile pioneer and physician
* [Horatio Jones (pioneer)](/source/Horatio_Jones_(pioneer)) (1763–1836), American soldier and pioneer in Western New York
* [Horatio M. Jones](/source/Horatio_M._Jones) (1826–1906), Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Nevada
* [Buck Jones (American football)](/source/Buck_Jones_(American_football)) (1888–1985), NFL football player in 1922
* [Horatio King](/source/Horatio_King) (1811–1897), American politician, Postmaster General of the United States
* Horatio [Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener](/source/Herbert_Kitchener%2C_1st_Earl_Kitchener) (1850–1916), British field marshal
* [Horatio Luro](/source/Horatio_Luro) (1901–1991), American thoroughbred horse racing trainer
* [Horatio Mann](/source/Horatio_Mann) (1744–1814), English politician
* [Horatio McCulloch](/source/Horatio_McCulloch) (1806–1867), Scottish landscape painter
* [Horatio Needham](/source/Horatio_Needham) (1796–1863), American politician and lawyer
* [Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson](/source/Horatio_Nelson%2C_1st_Viscount_Nelson) (1758–1805), British admiral
* [Horatio Palavicino](/source/Horatio_Palavicino) (c. 1540–1600), Italian-born financier and political agent in England
* [Horatio Parker](/source/Horatio_Parker) (1863–1919), American composer
* [Horatio Frederick Phillips](/source/Horatio_Frederick_Phillips) (1845–1924), early aviation pioneer from the United Kingdom
* [Horatio Potter](/source/Horatio_Potter) (1802–1887), Episcopal bishop in the Diocese of New York
* [Horatio Powell](/source/Horatio_Powell) (1806–1869), English jockey
* [Horatio Gordon Robley](/source/Horatio_Gordon_Robley) (1840–1930), British major general
* [Horatio Ross](/source/Horatio_Ross) (1801–1886), Scottish sportsman and pioneering amateur photographer
* [Horatio Sanz](/source/Horatio_Sanz) (born 1974), Chilean-born American comedian
* [Horatio Seymour (Vermont politician)](/source/Horatio_Seymour_(Vermont_politician)) (1778–1857), United States senator from Vermont
* [Horatio Seymour](/source/Horatio_Seymour) (1810–1886), American politician, 18th governor of New York
* [Horatio Sharpe](/source/Horatio_Sharpe) (1718–1790), 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland
* [Horatio D. Sheppard](/source/Horatio_D._Sheppard) (c. 1809–1879), American physician who founded the first penny press newspaper in the United States
* [Horatio Spafford](/source/Horatio_Spafford) (1828–1888), lawyer, hymn writer
* [Horatio Torromé](/source/Horatio_Torrom%C3%A9) (1861–1920), British/Argentinian figure skater
* [Horatio Townshend](/source/Horatio_Townshend) (c. 1683–1751), English banker and politician
* [Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend](/source/Horatio_Townshend%2C_1st_Viscount_Townshend) (1630–1687), English politician
* [Horatio P. Van Cleve](/source/Horatio_P._Van_Cleve) (1809–1891), Union Army general during the American Civil War
* [Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury](/source/Horace_Vere%2C_1st_Baron_Vere_of_Tilbury) (1565–1635) (also Horatio de Vere), English military leader, grandfather of [Horatio Townshend, 1st Viscount Townshend](/source/Horatio_Townshend%2C_1st_Viscount_Townshend)
* [Horatio Walker](/source/Horatio_Walker) (1858–1938), Canadian painter
* [Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_1st_Baron_Walpole) (1678–1757), English diplomat
* [Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_1st_Earl_of_Orford) (1723–1809), British politician, son of the 1st baron Walpole
* [Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Orford) (1752–1822), English politician, son of the 1st earl
* [Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_3rd_Earl_of_Orford) (1783–1858), British politician, son of the 2nd earl
* Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717–1797), commonly known as [Horace Walpole](/source/Horace_Walpole), English author, art historian, antiquarian and politician
* [Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (third creation)](/source/Horatio_Walpole%2C_4th_Earl_of_Orford_(third_creation)) (1813–1894), British politician, son of the 3rd earl
* [Horatio Wills](/source/Horatio_Wills) (1811–1861), Australian pastoralist and politician
* [Horatio Wright](/source/Horatio_Wright) (1820–1899), American engineer and American Civil War Union Army general
* [Horatio Nelson Young](/source/Horatio_Nelson_Young) (1845–1913), American Civil War sailor awarded the Medal of Honor

== Fictional characters ==
* [Horatio (Hamlet)](/source/Horatio_(Hamlet)), in the play ''[Hamlet](/source/Hamlet)'' by William Shakespeare
* [Horatio Caine](/source/Horatio_Caine), a police lieutenant in the television series ''CSI: Miami''
* Horatio Carlin, in the video game ''[Watch Dogs 2](/source/Watch_Dogs_2)''
* Horatio Magellan Crunch, the mascot of ''[Cap'n Crunch](/source/Cap'n_Crunch)'' cereal
* Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne, played by [Alec Guinness](/source/Alec_Guinness) in the movie ''[Kind Hearts and Coronets](/source/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets)''
* [Horatio Hellpop](/source/Nexus_(comics)), in the comic book series ''Nexus''
* [Horatio Hornblower](/source/Horatio_Hornblower), naval hero in a series of C. S. Forester novels
* [Horatio McCallister](/source/Sea_Captain_(The_Simpsons)), in the animated sitcom ''The Simpsons''
* Cap'n Horatio Turbot, a main character in the TV show ''[Paw Patrol](/source/Paw_Patrol)''
* [Horatio the Elephant](/source/List_of_Sesame_Street_characters), a ''[Sesame Street](/source/Sesame_Street)'' muppet
* [Horatio 2.0](/source/The_Nutshack), a robotic tarsier in the TV series ''The Nutshack''
* Horatio, the protagonist in the video game ''[Pit People](/source/Pit_People)''
* Horatio, the founder of the Horatio faction in the strategy game ''[Endless Space](/source/Endless_Space)''

== See also ==

* [Horatius (disambiguation)](/source/Horatius_(disambiguation))
* [Horace (given name)](/source/Horace_(given_name))
* [Horacio](/source/Horacio)

== References ==

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