Sunpu Castle
was the 12th Hori "daimyō" of Suzaka. Naotake was the eldest son of Hori Naotada and became "daimyō" on his father's retirement in 1845. He served in a number of minor posts within the shogunate administration, including "Osaka kaban", castellan of Sunpu Castle and captain of the guard of the Hibiya Gate to Edo Castle.